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Agony and Eloquence
Daniel L. Mallock
其他書名
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and a World of Revolution
出版
Simon and Schuster
, 2016-02-02
主題
History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
History / Military / Revolutions & Wars of Independence
Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State
ISBN
1634508327
9781634508322
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=dzCCDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
The drama of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson is the foundational story of America—courage, loyalty, hope, fanaticism, greatness, failure, forgiveness, love.
Agony and Eloquence
is the story of the greatest friendship in American history and the revolutionary times in which it was made, ruined, and finally renewed.
In the wake of Washington’s retirement, longtime friends Thomas Jefferson and John Adams came to represent the opposing political forces struggling to shape America’s future. Adams’s victory in the presidential election of 1796 brought Jefferson into his administration—but as an unlikely and deeply conflicted vice president. The bloody Republican revolution in France finally brought their political differences to a bitter pitch. In Mallock’s take on this fascinating period, French foreign policy and revolutionary developments—from the fall of the Bastille to the fall of the Jacobins and the rise of Napoleon—form a disturbing and illuminating counterpoint to events, controversies, individuals, and relationships in Philadelphia and Washington.
Many important and fascinating people appear in the book, including Thomas Paine, Camille Desmoulins, Dr. Benjamin Rush, Tobias Lear, Talleyrand, Robespierre, Danton, Saint-Just, Abigail Adams, Lafayette, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Dr. Joseph Priestley, Samuel Adams, Philip Mazzei, John Marshall, Alexander Hamilton, and Edward Coles. They are brought to life by Mallock’s insightful analysis and clear and lively writing.
Agony and Eloquence
is a thoroughly researched and tautly written modern history. When the most important thing is at stake,
almost anything
can be justified.
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