Diary and Autobiographical Writings of Louisa Catherine Adams

Auteur: Adams, Louisa Catherine
Editeur: Harvard University Press
Born in London in 1775 to a Maryland merchant and his English wife, Louisa recalls her childhood and education in England and France and her courtship with John Quincy. Her diaries reveal a reluctant but increasingly canny political wife. Her husband emerges in a fullness seldom seen-ambitious and exacting, yet passionate, generous, and gallant.
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Born in London in 1775 to a Maryland merchant and his English wife, Louisa recalls her childhood and education in England and France and her courtship with John Quincy. Her diaries reveal a reluctant but increasingly canny political wife. Her husband emerges in a fullness seldom seen-ambitious and exacting, yet passionate, generous, and gallant.
ISBN / EAN 9780674058682
Auteur Adams, Louisa Catherine
Editeur Harvard University Press