S. Foley,
C. Sowerwine
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2012
9781349302482
A Political Romance
Léon Gambetta, Léonie Léon and the Making of the French Republic, 1872-82
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Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
2012
ISBN13: 9781349302482
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
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Samenvatting
Léon Gambetta is renowned as a founder of the French Third Republic. This unique study of his correspondence with his lover, Léonie Léon, provides a fascinating insight into their intimate and political partnership. It brings to life Gambetta as lover and politician, the unknown figure of Léon, and the political and cultural world of 1870s Paris.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781349302482
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Inhoudsopgave
List of Illustrations List of Maps Preface Introduction: 'What Admirable Pages!' PART I: YEARS OF HOPE, 1872-1877 'The Unforgettable Day of 27 April' 'I want you to devote yourself to the Republic' 'Thank you for being my strength, my hope' 'I am smiling at your triumph, at our love' PART II: A BOURGEOIS COUPLE IN THE THIRD REPUBLIC 'We'll go and laugh at the Palais Royal' 'We will proudly put our heads together in books' 'This religion satisfies my soul' PART III: YEARS OF FRUSTRATION, 1877-1882 'What glory, to have created a new France' 'Triumphant, and full of regrets' 'Poor France, Poor Republic, I had other dreams' 'People are Weeping for the Patriot, the Orator' Epilogue: 'The letters remain' Notes Index