Count of Concord (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) - Softcover

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This haunting novel will not warm your heart -- it is more likely to leave you a little chilled, even on a bright summer day -- but it will compel your attention.' -John Wilson, Chicago Tribune

This haunting novel will not warm your heart--it is more likely to leave you a little chilled, even on a bright summer day--but it will compel your attention.' -John Wilson, Chicago Tribune

Narrated by the count's last-surviving relative, Sally Ormsby Thompson Robinson, a fictional portrait of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, describes the eclectic and distinguished career of the eighteenth-century politician, spy, philanthropist, and scientist. Simultaneous.