num_pages: 256
description: "Fraser's rousing historical novel tracks the rise and fall of the real-life boxer Tom Molineaux, a Virginia slave who fought his way to freedom and then to celebrity in England in the early 1800s."-- New York Times Book ReviewBringing historical fact spiritedly to life, Fraser tells the rollicking tale of how "the Black Ajax" became as famous a figure in England as Napoleon -- and just as much a threat to its establishment -- before he passed into boxing legend and created a precedent for modern black prizefighters.
language: English
title: Black Ajax
titlecomplete: Black Ajax
genres: Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Audiobook
ratings_count: 530
series: Flashman Papers
publisher: Da Capo Press