The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr
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品牌: Henry W. Brands
基本信息出版社:Anchor (2012年5月1日)平装:192页正文语种:英语ISBN:0307743268条形码:9780307743268商品重量:218 gASIN:0307743268您想告诉我们您发现了更低的价格?
商品描述内容简介Though he was a hero of the Revolutionary War, a prominent New York politician, and vice president of the United States, Aaron Burr is today best remembered as the villain who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
But as H. W. Brands demonstrates in this fascinating portrait of one of the most compelling politicians in American history, Burr was also a man before his time—a proponent of equality between the sexes well over a century before women were able to vote in the US. Through Burr's extensive, witty correspondence with his daughter Theodosia, Brands traces the arc of a scandalous political career and the early years of American politics.The Heartbreak of Aaron Burrnot only dramatizes through their words his eventful life, it also tells a touching story of a father's love for his exceptional daughter, which endured through public shame, bankruptcy, and exile, and outlasted even Theodosia's tragic disappearance at sea.
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媒体推荐"The second in the author’s series entitled American Portraits, this is one of the increasingly popular "small stories" that give so much insight into the men, women and events of history. A short but thrilling page-turner. Brands burrows into Burr’s psyche and exposes his failings as he details the outstanding talents that were so sadly wasted."
—Kirkus Reviews
"Few historians can tell a tale better."
—The Dallas Morning News
"A wonderfully skilled narrative historian."
—Los Angeles Times
"Brands is masterly."
—The Economist
"Brands will change the way you see history."
—The Austin American-Statesman