7. “I Am a Very Good Diplomate”: Washington, D.C., 1821–1824

Chapters in this book

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