Thomas Jefferson in Paris: The Ministry of a Virginian Looker-on

M. Andrew Holowchak

Thomas Jefferson in Paris: The Ministry of a Virginian  Looker-on
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Vernon Press
Country
United States
Published
27 July 2022
Pages
265
ISBN
9781648894732

Thomas Jefferson in Paris: The Ministry of a Virginian  Looker-on

M. Andrew Holowchak

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Jefferson’s years in France as minister plenipotentiary were a time of large edification. He approached his ministry as a looker on Jefferson, while in France, always kept a critical distance from events, so that he could measure and critically examine them from the perspective of a dispassionate natural philosopher. Being dispassionate, Jefferson was pulled into events only insofar as circumstances required him to do so.

Yet his adventures from his critical distance (e.g., his trip to London to meet the king, his ventures in the salons of Paris, and his travels through Southern France, Northern Italy, the Rhineland, and the Netherlands) were many, and varied. He even, at times, lost his critical, looker-on perspective from distance as he allowed himself to become immersed in events, as in the case of his relationship with lovely Italian artist and musician Maria Cosway.

This book is a portal into the mind of Thomas Jefferson, as looker-on, during his tenure in Paris. Why was Jefferson so eager to accept the ministry to Paris? What was his impression of the great city and its people while he stayed? What lessons, while in Paris, did he learn which he could transport to Virginia and his country? Those and other questions Holowchak aims to answer in this book.

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