Les Deux Amiraux

Les Deux Amiraux

Les Deux Amiraux

James Fenimore Cooper

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Editorial:
Prodinnova
Año de edición:
2019
Materia
Aventura
ISBN:
9783967872477
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« Les événements que nous allons rapporter sont arrivés vers le milieu du dernier siècle, antérieurement à cette lutte qu’il est à la mode d’appeler, en Amérique, — l’ancienne guerre contre la France. — La scène qui ouvrira notre histoire doit pourtant se chercher dans l’autre hémisphère, et sur la côte de la mère-patrie. Au milieu du XVIIIe siècle, les colonies américaines étaient des modèles de loyauté. La guerre à laquelle il vient d’être fait allusion avait été cause des dépenses considérables qui avaient porté le ministère anglais à avoir recours au système de taxes qui amena la révolution. La querelle de famille n’était pas encore commencée. Entièrement occupés d’une guerre qui ne se termina pas plus glorieusement pour les armes britanniques qu’avantageusement pour les possessions anglaises en Amérique, les habitants des colonies n’avaient peut-être jamais été plus favorablement disposés à l’égard de la métropole qu’à l’instant où notre histoire va commencer...»

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