"Proud Destiny" (1946) is a famous novel by the prominent German writer Lion Feuchtwanger, recreating the turbulent atmosphere of Europe and the young American nation in the second half of the 18th century—an era when Louis XVI ascended the French throne and the flames of the American War of Independence were igniting in distant America. Against the backdrop of an exquisite French court, where great philosophers and writers create their immortal works and the most beautiful women of their time shine, the new French monarch makes a fateful decision to support the North American states in their fight for independence from England, the eternal adversary of the French crown. This support became one of the key factors in the American victory and the signing of the peace treaty, but in many ways, it predetermined future revolutionary events...
In his masterful narrative, Feuchtwanger paints a picture of an irresistible convergence of dramatic historical events, under the influence of which the foxes that had crept into the flourishing vineyard changed the course of history forever...
Translation: Solomon Apt, B. Aron
Pages: 880 (offset paper). Hardcover
Dimensions: 218x148x39 mm
