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The Count of Concord
Author Nicholas Delbanco
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Description for The Count of Concord
Paperback. Series: American Literature Series. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 454.
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, was—as Nicholas Delbanco writes—“world famous in his lifetime,” yet now he has been “almost wholly forgotten.” Like Delbanco himself, Sally Ormsby Thompson Robinson—the narrator of this novel and the Count’s fictional, last-surviving relative—is “haunted” by one of history’s most fascinating and remarkable figures. On par with Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, Count Rumford was, among many other things, a politician, a spy, a philanthropist, and above all, a scientist. Based on countless historical documents, including letters and essays by Thompson himself, The Count of Concord brings to life the remarkable career of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford. ... Read more
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, was—as Nicholas Delbanco writes—“world famous in his lifetime,” yet now he has been “almost wholly forgotten.” Like Delbanco himself, Sally Ormsby Thompson Robinson—the narrator of this novel and the Count’s fictional, last-surviving relative—is “haunted” by one of history’s most fascinating and remarkable figures. On par with Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, Count Rumford was, among many other things, a politician, a spy, a philanthropist, and above all, a scientist. Based on countless historical documents, including letters and essays by Thompson himself, The Count of Concord brings to life the remarkable career of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS
Condition
New
Series
American Literature Series
Number of Pages
478
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564784957
SKU
9781564784957
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About Author Nicholas Delbanco
Nicholas Delbanco is the author of more than two dozen works of fiction and nonfiction including, most recently, Lastingness: The Art of Old Age. He is the Robert Frost Distinguished University Professor of English at the University of Michigan, where he directs the Hopwood awards program and was for many years the director of the MFA program in creative writing. ... Read more
Reviews for The Count of Concord
This haunting novel will not warm your heart
it is more likely to leave you a little chilled, even on a bright summer day
but it will compel your attention.' -John Wilson, Chicago Tribune
it is more likely to leave you a little chilled, even on a bright summer day
but it will compel your attention.' -John Wilson, Chicago Tribune