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Democracy
ISBN
9780307430885
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
18-12-2007
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Random House Publishing Group
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Henry Adams

Democracy

An American Novel

Reeks: Modern Library Classics

Henry Adams
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  • An
  • immediate
  • bestseller
  • upon
  • its
  • publication
  • in
  • 1880,
  • the
  • anonymously
  • penned
  • Democracy
  • prompted
  • widespread
  • speculation
  • and
  • guessing
  • games
  • as
  • to
  • its
  • author’s
  • identity.
  • It
  • is
  • the
  • story
  • of
  • Mrs.
  • Lightfoot
  • Lee,
  • a
  • society
  • widow,
  • and
  • Silas
  • Ratcliffe,
  • the
  • most
  • influential
  • member
  • of
  • the
  • Senate,
  • who,
  • throughout
  • the
  • novel,
  • pursues
  • Mrs.
  • Lee
  • while
  • at
  • the
  • same
  • time
  • battling
  • her
  • for
  • power.
  • Set
  • in
  • Washington
  • in
  • the
  • 1870s,
  • Democracy
  • presents
  • a
  • scathing
  • and
  • incisive
  • look
  • at
  • the
  • intricate
  • inner
  • workings
  • of
  • politics
  • and
  • corruption
  • that
  • remains
  • relevant
  • today.This
  • Modern
  • Library
  • Paperback
  • Classic
  • is
  • set
  • from
  • the
  • 1880
  • first
  • edition
  • and
  • includes
  • a
  • contemporary
  • review
  • from
  • The
  • Atlantic Monthly.
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