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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b10290775.
- catalog coverage "Paris (France) History 1715-1789.".
- catalog coverage "Paris (France) Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog coverage "Paris (France) Intellectual life.".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-339) and index.".
- catalog description "Taking leave -- A provincial prelude -- The city -- The patriot aesthete -- The liberal, literary, scientific air of Paris -- The diplomat -- The women in his life -- "Storm in the atmosphere."".
- catalog extent "x, 354 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300069030 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "France Paris".
- catalog spatial "France Paris.".
- catalog spatial "Paris (France) History 1715-1789.".
- catalog spatial "Paris (France) Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "Paris (France) Intellectual life.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.4/6/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Americans France Paris History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Diplomats France Paris Biography.".
- catalog subject "E332.45 .A32 1997".
- catalog subject "Enlightenment France Paris.".
- catalog subject "Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Homes and haunts France Paris.".
- catalog subject "Presidents United States Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Taking leave -- A provincial prelude -- The city -- The patriot aesthete -- The liberal, literary, scientific air of Paris -- The diplomat -- The women in his life -- "Storm in the atmosphere."".
- catalog title "The Paris years of Thomas Jefferson / William Howard Adams ; original photography by Adelaide de Menil.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".