Envoy to the Terror
Subtitle: Gouverneur Morris and the French Revolution
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Published: December 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781574887860
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; Biography: general; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History; Diplomats; United States; Biography / Autobiography; Social History; History: World; Europe; USA; Europe - France; Political; History / France; United States - Revolutionary War; Travel; 1752-1816; Biography; France; Morris, Gouverneur,; Statesmen
First sentence: THE THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD MAN who arrived in France in 1789 had already lived a remarkable life in America, and from his writings it appears he believed the best part of it was already over.