Storms and Dreams

Storms and Dreams
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Storms and Dreams
Louis de Bougainville: Soldier, explorer, statesman

By John Dunmore

Witty, charming, and fiercely intelligent, Louis-Antoine Comte de Bougainville (1729–1811) managed, in the course of a long life, to play a part in nearly every facet of eighteenth-century life and culture. Storms and Dreams is a lively, authoritative recounting of Bougainville's adventures and achievements, which ranged from seamanship and soldiering to mathematics and navigation. Dunmore follows Bougainville from the French and Indian War, during which he commanded a unit in the defense of Quebec City, to his circumnavigation of the globe in 1766. During that trip, he became one of the first Westerners to visit Tahiti; on his return, he published a book about the island that contributed greatly to Tahiti's lasting reputation as a paradise of noble savages. In his last years, Bougainville served in the senate under Napoleon and was made a member of the Legion of Honor.
The first biography of Bougainville in English, Storms and Dreams opens a window to a remarkable eighteenth-century life—and to the greater world of the Enlightenment.

234 x 153mm | cased with jacket | 296pp | maps & illustrations

Also by John Dunmore: Where Fate Beckons: The life of Jean-François de la Pérouse; From Venus to Antarctica: The life of Dumont d'Urville; Mrs Cook's Book of Recipes

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