Mrs. Adams in winter : a journey in the last days of Napoleon
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvi, 364 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Clayton-Liberty Township Public Library - Main - Adult Non-Fiction | 940.2 O'BR | On Shelf |
Danville-Center Twp PL - Danville - AD Biography | B ADA | On Shelf |
Fayette Co PL - Connersville - Adult Books | 940.27 OBR | On Shelf |
Hamilton North PL - Cicero Main Branch - Adult Biography | B.c Adams, Louisa Catherine | On Shelf |
LaGrange Co PL - LaGrange Main Library - Adult: Nonfiction | 940.2 OBR | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Adams, John Quincy, -- 1767-1848 -- Family.
Adams, Louisa Catherine, -- 1775-1852 -- Travel -- Europe.
Baltic States -- Description and travel.
Coaching (Transportation) -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
Europe -- Description and travel.
Europe -- History -- 1789-1815.
France -- Description and travel.
Germany -- Description and travel.
Russia -- Description and travel.
Adams, Louisa Catherine, -- 1775-1852 -- Travel -- Europe.
Baltic States -- Description and travel.
Coaching (Transportation) -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
Europe -- Description and travel.
Europe -- History -- 1789-1815.
France -- Description and travel.
Germany -- Description and travel.
Russia -- Description and travel.
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-349) and index.
Description
Early in 1815, Louisa Catherine Adams and her young son left St. Petersburg in a Russian carriage and set out to meet her husband, John Quincy Adams, in Paris. She traveled through the snows of eastern Europe, across the battlefields of Germany, and intoa France then experiencing Napoleon's return from Elba. Along the way, she learned what Napoleon's wars had done to Europe, what her old friends in the royal court in Berlin had experienced during the French occupation, how it felt to have her life threatened by reckless soldiers, and how to manage fear. Historian Michael O'Brien reconstructs for the first time that extraordinary passage. This evocative history of the experience of travel in the days of carriages and kings offers a moving portrait of a lady, her difficult marriage, and her conflicted sense of what it meant to be a woman caught between worlds.--From publisher description.
Description
The prize-winning historian O'Brien reconstructs Louisa Adams's extraordinary passage through Europe in 1815, providing both an evocative history of the experience of travel in the days of carriages and a moving portrait of her difficult marriage to JohnQuincy Adams.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
O'Brien, M. (2010). Mrs. Adams in winter: a journey in the last days of Napoleon . Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)O'Brien, Michael, 1948-2015. 2010. Mrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleon. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)O'Brien, Michael, 1948-2015. Mrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleon Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)O'Brien, Michael. Mrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleon Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
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