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Esther

A Novel

Esther( )
Author: Adams, Henry
Series title:The Works of Henry Adams
ISBN:978-0-7812-1439-1
Publication Date:Mar 2013
Publisher:Reprint Services Corp.
Book Format:Leather / fine binding
List Price:USD $79.00
Book Description:

Best known for his classic American memoir, The Education of Henry Adams, Henry Adams was one of the most lively, probing writers between the Civil War and World War I. An offspring of presidents, Adams was steeped in the intellectual and moral traditions of the eighteenth century yet became an enthusiast of the energy, science, and industry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Book Details
Pages:425
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Women
Fiction / Literary
Author Biography
Adams, Henry (Author)
Henry Adams was born in Boston, Massachusetts on February 16, 1838, the son of American diplomat Charles Francis Adams and grandson of President John Quincy Adams. Educated at Harvard University, he worked in Washington, D.C., as his father's secretary before embarking on a career in journalism and later in teaching. A prominent American historian, he wrote several important historical works. His works include The Education of Henry Adams, Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, Esther: A Novel, and Democracy: An American Novel. He died on March 27, 1918 at the age of 80.

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