A Pariah in Paris, 1810-1811
by
Jane Merrill, John Endicott
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Aaron Burr—Revolutionary War hero, third vice president of the United States and a controversial figure of the early republic—was tried and acquitted of treason charges in 1807, and thereafter departed for self-imposed exile in Europe, his political career in ruins. Adrift in Paris for 15 months,...