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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Foreword xi
- Introduction xv
- Note to the Reader xxiii
- 1. “All Was Joy and Peace and Love”: Youth 1
- 2. “An Object of General Attention”: Prussia 34
- 3. “Had I Steped into Noah’s Ark”: United States 86
- 4. “The Savage Had Been Expected”: Russia 144
- 5. “The Memory of One, Who Was”: St. Petersburg to Paris 187
- 6. “The Wife of a Man of Superior Talents”: Washington, D.C., 1819–1820 216
- 7. “I Am a Very Good Diplomate”: Washington, D.C., 1821–1824 265
- 8. “This Apparent Fate”: Retirement 326
- Epilogue: Henry Adams on Louisa 362
- Chronology 367
- Acknowledgments 375
- Index 377
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Foreword xi
- Introduction xv
- Note to the Reader xxiii
- 1. “All Was Joy and Peace and Love”: Youth 1
- 2. “An Object of General Attention”: Prussia 34
- 3. “Had I Steped into Noah’s Ark”: United States 86
- 4. “The Savage Had Been Expected”: Russia 144
- 5. “The Memory of One, Who Was”: St. Petersburg to Paris 187
- 6. “The Wife of a Man of Superior Talents”: Washington, D.C., 1819–1820 216
- 7. “I Am a Very Good Diplomate”: Washington, D.C., 1821–1824 265
- 8. “This Apparent Fate”: Retirement 326
- Epilogue: Henry Adams on Louisa 362
- Chronology 367
- Acknowledgments 375
- Index 377