Synopses & Reviews
In 1784 Thomas Jefferson moved to the sophisticated and exhilarating city of Paris, where he spent the next five years as ambassador from the new United States of America. 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.
Synopsis
An engaging and important look at Thomas Jefferson during the five years he spent in pre-revolutionary Paris as ambassador from the new United States of America. This book is richly illustrated with art of the period and with specially commissioned photographs of Parisian sites by Adelaide de Menil. 68 illustrations.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-339) and index.