Innocent espionage : the La Rochefoucauld brothers' tour of England in 1785 / [edited and translated by] Norman Scarfe.

Main entry:

La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de, 1765-1848.

Title & Author:

Innocent espionage : the La Rochefoucauld brothers' tour of England in 1785 / [edited and translated by] Norman Scarfe.

Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA : Boydell Press, 1995.

Description:

xx, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Maps of La Rochefoucauld tour of England in 1785 on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes translations of the unpublished journals of Alexandre and François La Rochefoucauld and their tutor Maximilien de Lazowski.

Summary:

"Looking at England in the early months of 1785, covering twenty or even thirty miles a day and making detailed and intelligent notes at night, the two La Rochefoucauld brothers, Francois and Alexandre, and their tutor, saw landscapes still visible today; but the world of momentous industrial invention and optimism that they envied, as patriots, is one we can now only envy them for knowing and admire them for recording."--BOOK JACKET. "Norman Scarfe presents the three documentary sources of the book (all previously unpublished) in his own spirited translation, while the many illustrations bring the travellers' experiences vividly to life. His epilogue traces the divergent attitudes of the brothers at the onset of the Revolution and beyond: the elder loyally serving Louis XVI, the younger establishing his cotton-mill on English lines, then joining the entourage of Napoleon."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0851155960 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9780851155968 (hardback ; alk. paper)

Subject:

La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de, 1765-1848 Travel England.
La Rochefoucauld, Alexandre de. Travel England.
La Rochefoucauld, Alexandre de Travel England.
La Rochefoucauld, Alexandre de.
La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de, 1765-1848
French Travel England History 18th century.
Français Voyages Angleterre Histoire 18e siècle.
French Travel.
Manners and customs.
Public opinion, French.
Travel.
Industriële ontwikkeling.
England Description and travel Early works to 1800.
England Social life and customs 18th century.
England Foreign public opinion, French.
Angleterre Mœurs et coutumes 18e siècle.
England.
Großbritannien

Form/genre:

Early works.
History.
Reisebericht 1785.

Added entries:

La Rochefoucauld, Alexandre de.
Scarfe, Norman.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 82229
Call No.: ID DA620.L33; ID:95-B2900
Status: Available

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