Melanie Randolph Miller

Envoy to the Terror

Gouverneur Morris and the French Revolution

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An American Founding Father 's important contributions to the French Revolution

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781574887877
• ISBN-10: 1574887874
• Artikelnr.: 21737669

Autorenporträt

Melanie Randolph Miller began her professional career in aeronautical engineering before going on to law school and finally to obtain a doctorate in American history. She is the editor of the Gouverneur Morris Papers: Diaries Project and the author of Envoy to the Terror: Gouverneur Morris and the French Revolution.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication List of Illustrations Introduction: The Revolutionary from New
York Chapter One: Before Paris Chapter Two: Morris Appraises Paris Chapter
Three: "Ces Indignes Français" Chapter Four: "I Had Better Leave This
Alone, But" --Zeal Gets the Best of Morris Chapter Five: Agent for
Washington, Provocateur for France Chapter Six: Once More into the Breach
Chapter Seven: The Opponents Chapter Eight: Thomas Paine Chapter Nine:
Hidden Antagonists Chapter Ten: The End of the Monarchy Chapter Eleven:
Morris Confronts the New Republic Chapter Twelve: The "Heart burnings"
Chapter Thirteen: The Recall Chapter Fourteen: Coda Chapter Fifteen:
Conclusion Bibliography