Diary and Autobiographical Writings of Louisa Catherine Adams - 1778-1849

About the author

Margaret A. Hogan is an independent scholar and former editor of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.C. James Taylor is former Editor in Chief of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Summary

Born in London in 1775 to a Maryland merchant and his English wife, Louisa recalls her childhood and education in England and France and her courtship with John Quincy. Her diaries reveal a reluctant but increasingly canny political wife. Her husband emerges in a fullness seldom seen—ambitious and exacting, yet passionate, generous, and gallant.

Product details

• Authors: Louisa Catherine Adams
• Assisted by: Judith S. Graham (Editor), Graham Judith S. (Editor), Margaret A. Hogan (Editor), Hogan Margaret A. (Editor), Beth Luey (Editor), Luey Beth (Editor), C. James Taylor (Editor), Taylor C. James (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.02.2013
• EAN: 9780674058682
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05868-2
• No. of pages: 960
• Series: Adams Papers; Diaries
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Autobiography: historical, political & military, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Diaries, letters and journals, C 1700 To C 1800