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Diary of my travels in America / Louis-Philippe, King of France, 1830-1848 ; translated from the French by Stephen Becker ; pref. by Henry Steele Commager.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850.
- Standardized Title:
- Journal de mon voyage d'Amérique. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850--Diaries.
- Louis Philippe.
- United States--Description and travel.
- United States.
- France--Kings and rulers--Diaries.
- France.
- Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850.
- Kings and rulers.
- Travel.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Diaries.
- Physical Description:
- 202 pages : illustrations ; 20 x 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Delacorte Press, ©1977.
- Language Note:
- Translation of Journal de mon voyage d'Amérique.
- Summary:
- "In 1796, Louis-Philippe, who was to become the king of Franch, embarked upon a 3 1/2 year journey through Europe and America. The diary of this journey, a memoir not only of a voyage, but also of an age and of our own nation, is accompanied by sketches of American landscapes created by the king's brother, the Duc de Montpensier."--Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Preface by Henry Steele Commager
- Translator's note
- Map of the travels of the princes of Orléans (1796-99)
- Diary of my travels in America
- First notebook (25 March - 29 April 1797)
- Second notebook (29 April - 21 May 1797)
- The Duc de Montpensier's diary
- In North America and the the Great Lakes (June-July 1797)
- July-November 1797
- The Duc de Montpensier, painter of the new world, by Jean-Pierre Babelon
- Afterword by Suzanne d'Huart
- 1815: A memoir by Louis-Philippe on Napoleon's Hundred Days
- 5 March - 25 March 1815
- 23 March 1815
- 24 March 1815: my departure from France.
- Notes:
- Translation of Journal de mon voyage d'Amérique.
- Includes selections from the Memoirs of Louis Philippe, a diary of the travels by the Duc de Montpensier, and essays by J.-P. Babelon and S. d'Huart.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850. Journal de mon voyage d'Amérique. English. Diary of my travels in America.
- ISBN:
- 0440018447
- 9780440018445
- OCLC:
- 3167574
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