A long, cold road to Paris: the 2,000-mile, 40-day journey of future first lady Louisa Catherine Adams.
American Scholar › Vol. 79 Nbr. 2, March 2010
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Mrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleon - Book review
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A long, cold road to Paris: the 2,000-mile, 40-day journey of future first lady Louisa Catherine Adams.
MRS. ADAMS IN WINTER
A Journey in the Last Days of NapoleonBy Michael O'BrienFarrar, Straus & Giroux380 pp. | $27In 1815, in the dead of winter, an American woman is traveling with her small son from St. Petersburg to Paris in a Russian-style coach. Near Paris, a crowd of French soldiers and camp followers mistakes her for a Russian and gathers around the carriage, seek...See the full content of this document
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