| Count of Concord Contributor(s): Delbanco, Nicholas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1564784959 ISBN-13: 9781564784957 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007042288 |
| Series: American Literature (Dalkey Archive) |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6" W x 9" (1.60 lbs) 478 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Based on countless historical documents, including letters and essays by Thompson himself, The Count of Concord brings to life the remarkable career of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford. |