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William Howard Adams 225552 - The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson

 1540183201,
Yale University Press, 1997. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 354. In 1784 Thomas Jefferson moved to the sophisticated and exhilarating city of Paris, where he spent the next five years as minister from the new United States of America. These were formative years for France, for the United States, and for Jefferson's cultural and intellectual development. This engaging book recreates in word and illustration the atmosphere and personalities of prerevolutionary Paris, and it reveals the profound impact they had on one of America's first transatlantic citizens. Adam's principal focus is on Jefferson's role as the preeminent American envoy in Europe after the departure of Benjamin Franklin, his participation in the cultural and political life of the city, and his private intrigues to help his friends bring the Bourbon monarchy to heel. Finally, Adams places the author of the Declaration of Independence in the middle of his second revolution and chronicles the dramatic events leading to the upheaval of 1788-1789. The book is richly illustrated with art of the period and with specially commissioned photographs of Parisian sites by Adelaide de Menil. ISBN: 9780300069037. Cond./Kwaliteit: Redelijk.
EUR 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 10.71 | £UK 8.75 | JP¥ 1694] Book number 2062446

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