Democracy: An American Novel - Paperback
by Henry Adams
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Availability:In StockContributor:Henry Adams, Earl N. Harbert (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsPublish date:2008-07-01Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143039808ISBN-10:143039806UPC:9780143039808Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Historical, PoliticalSize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SCC7HGT00R
Democracy: An American Novel
An instant bestseller when first published in 1880, Democracy is the quintessential American political novel. At its heart is Madeleine Lee, a young widow who comes to Washington, D.C., to understand the workings of power. Pursued by Silas Ratcliffe, the most influential member of the Senate, Madeleine soon sees enough of power and its corrupting influence to last her a lifetime. For more than...
Series: Penguin Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143039808ISBN-10:143039806UPC:9780143039808Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Historical, PoliticalSize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SCC7HGT00R
Born in 1838 into one of the oldest and most distinguished families in Boston, a family which had produced two American presidents, Henry Adams had the opportunity to pursue a wide-ranging variety of intellectual interests during the course of his life. Functioning both in the world of practical men and afffairs (as a journalist and an assistant to his father, who was an American diplomat in...
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