He is Henry Christophe, then a boy of 12 ... Then there was a lengthy civil war. Christophe was eventually named king in 1811. How did a monarchy emerge from all this tumult? Daut: Haiti first ...

Marlene Daut, a historian and expert on the Haitian Revolution, is the author of “The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe.” ...