Proud Destiny
by Lion Feuchtwanger
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Feuchtwanger detailně líčí společenské poměry v předrevoluční Francii, kde se příběhy jednotlivých hrdinů odehrávají, americkou revoluci pak zaznamenává jen nepřímo, jako podnět, který se dostává do Paříže prostřednictvím jednotlivých postav a z něhož se čtenář dozvídá o průběhu americké války, jejích prohrách a vítězstvích a o pomoci, které se kolonistům dostalo z Francie. Na poměru Francouzů k americké revoluci odkrývá kontrast mezi show more nesvobodou, která člověku ve staré Evropě brání rozvíjet své možnosti a nadějí, kterou slibuje nová svobodná Amerika, reprezentovaná Benjaminem Franklinem. Rozsáhlý historický román kreslí plastický obraz Francie na konci 18. století za vlády Ludvíka XVI. a v rámci jejích společenských problémů zachycuje ohlas amerických bojů s Anglií o nezávislost. show lessTags
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My husband, who usually prefers non-fiction, was fascinated by this account of how Benjamin Franklin and his diplomatic colleagues won the support of France. He was interested enough to fact-check several details of the book, which did, to the most part, prove correct.
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Lion Feuchtwanger, novelist and dramatist, was born in Munich, Germany, the son of a wealthy manufacturer. The rise of the Nazis drove him to France, and after the collapse of that country he escaped to Spain with great difficulty. He reached the United States in 1940. A major work is his trilogy on the Jewish historian: Josephus (1932), The Jew show more of Rome (1935), and Josephus and the Emperor (1942). He was best known in Germany as a dramatist, but his international success was due to his revival of the historical novel written with modern psychological understanding. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Die Füchse im Weinberg
- Original title
- Die Füchse im Weinberg
- Alternate titles*
- Waffen für Amerika (1953) (1953)
- Original publication date
- 1947/48
- People/Characters*
- Thomas Jefferson
- Important places*
- englische Kolonien in Nordamerika
- Epigraph
- The artistic representation of history is a more scientific and serious pursuit than the exact writing of history. For the art of letters goes to the heart of things, whereas the factual report merely collocates details. - ... (show all)Aristotle
- Dedication
- To Marta
- First words
- The road from Versailles to Paris led through a green and pleasant countryside.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)His broad back slightly bowed, Franklin slowly descended, step by step, and behind him his vast shadow fell upon the great staircase, carpeted with snow and shining in the sun, of the Palace of Versailles.
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 833.912 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures German fiction 1900- 1900-1990 1900-1945
- LCC
- PZ3 .F433 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction in English
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