Count of Concord

Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, was--as Nicholas Delbanco writes--"world famous in his lifetime," yet now he has been "almost wholly forgotten." Like Delbanco himself, Sally Ormsby Thompson Robinson--the narrator of this novel and the Count's fictional, last-surviving relative--is "haunted" by one of history's most fascinating and remarkable figures. On par with Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, Count Rumford was, among many other things, a politician, a spy, a philanthropist, and above all, a scientist. Based on countless historical documents, including letters and essays by Thompson himself, The Count of Concord brings to life the remarkable career of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford.

• | Author: Nicholas Delbanco
• | Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• | Publication Date: May 01, 2008
• | Number of Pages: 478 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1564784959
• | ISBN-13: 9781564784957