In the grand tradition of Gore Vidal's Lincoln and Burr, Byrd dispels the mists of myth and history to reveal the passionate and elusive figure whose words and imagination may be said to have invented America. Offers a rare glimpse behind the secretive face this complex Virginian showed the world.
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In the grand tradition of Gore Vidal's Lincoln and Burr, Byrd dispels the mists of myth and history to reveal the passionate and elusive figure whose words and imagination may be said to have invented America. Offers a rare glimpse behind the secretive face this complex Virginian showed the world.
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Good in very good dust jacket. jacket worn and faded at edges; cover of copy stained and faded. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. New York: Bantam Books, November 1993. Hardcover. First Edition / full numb er line. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine str aight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean, but clipped. and light edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 424 pages. 24 cm. It is 1784, and Jefferson, the newly appointed United States Ambassador to the court of Louis XVI had just arrived in Paris-a city adrift in intrigue, upheaval, and temptation that will challenge his principles, incite his passions, and change Thomas Jefferson forever. Through the eyes of his young secretary, William Short, we watch as the future president builds his dream of an America with fellow patriots John Adams and Ben Franklin, and as he struggles between political ambition and an unexpected crisis of the heart with a woman who has the power to destroy him. And we discover--behind the face the complex Virginian show the world--an enigmatic statesman who fights for individual liberty even as he keeps slaves, who champions free will even a he denies it to his daughters, and who holds men to the highest standards of honor even as he embarks on a shadowy double life of his own.
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Collectible-Fine in Very Good jacket. Book Royal octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine green pictorial dj. First printing. Setting is 1784 and Jefferson is ambassador to France while Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are on the throne. offers a rare glimpse behind face of this complex man. 424 pp.