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The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson
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by William Howard Adams
Sales Rank: 583207
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Cover Type: Paperback with 368 pages
Published by: Yale University Press March 1, 2000
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0300082614
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0300082616
Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.3 x 1 inches
Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Product Review
Thomas Jefferson spent five years in Paris, from 1784 to 1789, serving as the representative of a struggling new nation. In this entertaining, scholarly chronicle of those years, we're treated to an account of how the nights spent among the Paris intellectuals influenced Jefferson's thought, and we get a vivid taste of the social whirl in that great European city. William Howard Adams, a leading Jefferson scholar for 25 years, quotes extensively from Jefferson's letters and other writings, and does a commendable job of describing the scenes in which Jefferson would have found himself.
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In the wake of the recent flood of books on Jefferson, Adams (International Ctr. for Jefferson Studies) presents no findings that will surprise specialists; rather, he offers a judicious, balanced overview based on thorough grounding in primary sources as well as the latest books on Jefferson. Adams is at his best in giving vivid thumbnail sketches of personalities like the Marquis de Lafayette and in his expert descriptions of Paris buildings and neighborhoods. In contrast to the astringent tone of some recent works, both those for and against Jefferson (e.g., Conor Cruise O'Brien's The Long Affair, LJ 10/15/96), Adams's touch is light. He clearly admires Jefferson while avoiding hagiography, demonstrating that Jefferson's five years in France (1784-89) helped to obliterate the last traces of provincialism in the Virginian and further implanted in him the ideals of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Highly recommended for all libraries.?Thomas J. Schaeper, St. Bonaventure Univ., N.Y.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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