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Vulpile in vie. Vol. 1 si Vol. 2
In 1776 guvernul revolutionar al viitoarelor State Unite ale Americii il trimite pe Benjamin Franklin la Paris pentru a negocia cu monarhia franceza un important ajutor financiar si militar. Emisarul american se izbeste de neintelegeri cu propriii colegi, dar si de incapatanarea lui Ludovic al XVI-lea. Dincolo de ajutorul francez acordat insurgentilor americani se profileaza recea si eterna logica de stat. Cine va monarhul refractar sau mecanismele inexorabile ale istoriei si progresului? Feuchtwanger ne asterne magistral la picioare splendoarea si coruptia Curtii de la Versailles. Dincolo de rafinament si stralucire se profileaza fatarnicia si indarjirea aristocratilor hotarati sa-si urmeze scopurile personale pana la capat. Asistam in paralel la efortul titanic al lui Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais de a-i sustine financiar pe rebelii americani si, in acelasi timp, de a-si promova indraznetele piese de teatru care, prin spiritul lor de fronda, vestesc zorii unei noi epoci.
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Published January 1, 2011
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Lion Feuchtwanger
155 books230 followersLion Feuchtwanger was a German Jewish emigre. A renowned novelist and playwright who fled Europe during World War II and lived in Los Angeles from 1941 until his death.
A fierce critic of the Nazi regime years before it assumed power precipitated his departure, after a brief internment in France, from Europe. He and his wife Marta obtained asylum in the United States in 1941 and remained there in exile until they died.
A fierce critic of the Nazi regime years before it assumed power precipitated his departure, after a brief internment in France, from Europe. He and his wife Marta obtained asylum in the United States in 1941 and remained there in exile until they died.
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