DEMOCRACY
An American Novel
The authorship of DEMOCRACY: AN AMERICAN NOVEL, published anonymously in 1880, was not made public until after the death of American historian HENRY BROOKS ADAMS (1838-1918), a member of the Adams political family and a journalist dedicated to exposing corruption. In this fictional tale with real-life relevance to late 19th-century politics, an election sometime in the 1870s has given rise to a new president by the name of Jacob. Against this backdrop, readers find New Yorker Madeleine Lee moving to Washington to revive her social life. She quickly starts playing hostess to a number of important politicians, including J…
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- ISBN: 978-1-60520-111-5
- EAN: 9781605201115
- Produktnummer: 3564904
- Verlag: Cosimo Classics
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 188 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D1.3 cm 389 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 389
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