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When the United States Spoke French: Five Refugees Who Shaped a Nation

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When the United States Spoke French: Five Refugees Who Shaped a Nation - Furstenberg, Francois
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In 1789, as the French Revolution shook Europeto the core, the new United States was struggling forsurvival in the face of financial insolvency and bitterpolitical and regional divisions. When the United StatesSpoke French explores the republic s formative yearsfrom the viewpoint of a distinguished circle of fiveFrenchmen taking refuge in America. When theFrench Revolution broke out, these men had beenamong its leaders. They were liberal aristocrats andardent Anglophiles, convinced of the superiority ofthe British system ...

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When the United States Spoke French: Five Refugees Who Shaped a Nation 2015, Penguin Books

ISBN-13: 9780143127451

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When the United States Spoke French: Five Refugees Who Shaped a Nation 2014, Penguin Press

ISBN-13: 9781594204418

Hardcover