Envoy to the Terror

Name: Envoy to the Terror
Brand: Potomac Books Inc
SKU: 9781574887860
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Gouverneur Morris and the French Revolution

Autor: Melanie Miller

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Editura: Potomac Books Inc

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Gouverneur Morris is a somewhat maligned and neglected major figure of the early United States, desp...

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Autor

Melanie Miller

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engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2004

Pagini

288

EAN

9781574887860

Enbook ID

04820688

Editura

Potomac Books Inc

Greutate

590

Dimensiuni

150 x 230 x 30

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Gouverneur Morris is a somewhat maligned and neglected major figure of the early United States, despite having been a principal contributor to the Constitutional debates (much of the document's language was his) and a primary designer of the modern executive branch. Morris's personality, wit, and eloquence matched those of his more famous compatriots. Moreover, he was a romantic figure whose sense of humor and powerful physical presence attracted many women. Recent major biographies by Richard Brookhiser and William H. Adams have reintroduced Morris to the American public, and Melanie Miller's Envoy to the Terror reexamines Morris's important role in a watershed event in world history, the French Revolution. This book concerns Morris's time in France (1789-94), where he tried desperately to help the revolutionaries accomplish their goals bloodlessly while he also moved in fashionable circles and had numerous affairs, including one with Talleyrand's mistress. As a private citizen and later as the U.S. ambassador after Jefferson, whose experiences in Paris pale by comparison, Morris advised the French on drafting their first constitution, saved many French friends from execution, and

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