Alexis de Tocqueville: Prophet of Democracy in the Age of Revolution
As the son of a noble family which was nearly wiped out in the Revolution and as an ambitious politician during the July Monarchy and the Second Republic, he had a front seat at the revolutionary drama of his time. His writings are hugely valuable for the study of French, British and American society during his life (he visited the US in 1831 to gather material). It is Brogan's long held ambition to write this biography. No one has yet attempted a biography of de Tocqueville in the English tradition and for that reason he is not fully present to the public imagination rather than an intellectual monument. This superb work will put that right.
Hugh Brogan worked for The Economist and was then Harkness Fellow in the United States. He has held a chair in American history at the University of Essex and now has a research professorshop there. His books include the magnificent Penguin History of the United States and biographies of J.F. Kennedy and Arthur Ransome.
Author: Professor Hugh Brogan
Format: Hardback, 736 pages, 162mm x 240mm, 1107 g
Published: 2006, Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Biography: Historical, Political & Military
As the son of a noble family which was nearly wiped out in the Revolution and as an ambitious politician during the July Monarchy and the Second Republic, he had a front seat at the revolutionary drama of his time. His writings are hugely valuable for the study of French, British and American society during his life (he visited the US in 1831 to gather material). It is Brogan's long held ambition to write this biography. No one has yet attempted a biography of de Tocqueville in the English tradition and for that reason he is not fully present to the public imagination rather than an intellectual monument. This superb work will put that right.
Hugh Brogan worked for The Economist and was then Harkness Fellow in the United States. He has held a chair in American history at the University of Essex and now has a research professorshop there. His books include the magnificent Penguin History of the United States and biographies of J.F. Kennedy and Arthur Ransome.