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A brisk, sparkling account of travel turned clever social satire. Affairs Of State invites readers to watch an American family stumble, improvise, and ultimately grow wiser in the windmills and waterways of late nineteenth¿century Europe. This is more than an adventure fiction; it's a satirical travel narrative that blends cross cultural wit with keen observations of manners, class, and politics abroad. The family misadventures abroad are rendered with warmth and humour, while threads of political intrigue abroad braid into the family's comic missteps. The story moves through the Netherlands'…mehr

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A brisk, sparkling account of travel turned clever social satire. Affairs Of State invites readers to watch an American family stumble, improvise, and ultimately grow wiser in the windmills and waterways of late nineteenth¿century Europe. This is more than an adventure fiction; it's a satirical travel narrative that blends cross cultural wit with keen observations of manners, class, and politics abroad. The family misadventures abroad are rendered with warmth and humour, while threads of political intrigue abroad braid into the family's comic missteps. The story moves through the Netherlands' windmill setting and across continental towns, offering a humane, affectionate portrait of a nation in transition. It sits at the crossroads of early europe travel literature and early american adventure fiction, accessible to casual readers yet rich for classic literature readers and curriculum-minded readers alike. Affairs Of State holds real literary and historical significance: a pungent, gently subversive American voice abroad, illustrating how satire can illuminate both origin and destination. It is a bridge work for students of literature, history, and culture, and a satisfying discovery for collectors of classic american satire and provenance-rich editions. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.