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Daniel Fallon - Love's Legacy, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Love's Legacy

Viscount Chateaubriand and the Irish Girl

Av Daniel Fallon

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Beskrivning
Imagine inheriting tender letters from a renowned historical figure addressed to one of your ancestors. Making sense of such a gift ignited the genealogical investigation that DanielFallon records in this book. Loves Legacy chronicles Fallons search for hidden meaning in two notes sent to his great-great-grandfather in 1817 by famous French writer François-René deChateaubriand. Woven into the rich fabric of this work are elements making it much more than a suspenseful detective story. It is an intimate biography of Chateaubriand, a story of forbidden love, fraught with passion and tragedy, and a memoir, recounting Fallons discoveries as he pieces together his ancestry, governed by a legacy rooted in a star-crossed encounter of long ago. Captivating and deeply humane, Loves Legacy portrays the surprising impact peoples lives can have on those born centuries later. As clever as it is wise, this book reveals how the recovery of the past awakens an awareness of inherited gifts that transcend genealogy.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2021-10-05
  • Mått: 211 x 151 x 17 mm
  • Vikt: 360 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 155
  • Förlag: Amazonas Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781735999609
  • Utmärkelser: Commended for Benjamin Franklin Award (Bill Fisher Award - Nonfiction) 2022
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Daniel Fallon is professor emeritus of psychology and public policy at the University of Maryland at College Park, where he also served as academic vice president and provost. He concluded his professional career directing grantmaking in education as chair of the Education Division at Carnegie Corporation of New York. Fallon has published widely on psychology, educational reform, and contemporary cultural issues. He is the author of The German University: A Heroic Ideal in Conflict with the Modern World, which was awarded the Eugene M. Kayden prize for excellence in humanities. Loves Legacy: Viscount Chateaubriand and the Irish Girl, his latest book, includes an intimate biography of Chateaubriand, as well as a story of forbidden love, fraught with passion and tragedy. It is also a memoir, a detective story, a genealogical study, and a reflective meditation on the meaning of inheritance.

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"Historic nonfiction with a romantic twista bewitching journey of love, pain, and discoveryunfailingly clear and engagingpresented with academic rigor and a storytellers élana lively dive into French history, family legend, and storied lover and writer." - Booklife Review, Publishers Weekly

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