The Diary of James Gallatin Secretary to Albert Gallatin
The Diary of James Gallatin Secretary to Albert Gallatin
James Gallatin
The book The Diary of James Gallatin Secretary to Albert Gallatin was written by author James Gallatin Here you can read free online of The Diary of James Gallatin Secretary to Albert Gallatin book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Diary of James Gallatin Secretary to Albert Gallatin a good or bad book?
What reading level is The Diary of James Gallatin Secretary to Albert Gallatin book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
As he was driving home in the Champs Elysees a shot was fired, but for- tunately missed him in fact, the bullet has not been found. Some malicious people say he had the shot fired himself. Naturally he has lots of enemies. So great a man as he is can brush such insinuations aside without g~'ving them a thought. He certainly is the most impor- tant personage in France at present, and if anything happened to him it would be a dire calamity. Indeed, it is very odd how persistently rude the Royal F...amily are to him. He never shows the slightest displeasure and is always dignified and courtesy itself. Father has the greatest admiration for him, and believes him to be a born diplomatist as well as a great soldier and leader of men. I have just heard that a man called Cantillon has been arrested. They say he is but a man of straw and that his arrest was made to appease the English and that he 104 DIARY OF JAMES GALLATIN [1817 will never be tried. The extraordinary thing is that, with the exception of the Due de Berri, not one of the Royal Family expressed the slightest sympathy or con- gratulated the Duke on his escape.
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: