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Foxes in the Vineyard

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"Foxes in the Vineyard" (1946) is a celebrated novel by the distinguished German writer Lion Feuchtwanger, recreating the turbulent atmosphere of Europe and the young American state in the second half of the 18th century—an era when Louis XVI ascended the French throne and the Revolutionary War raged in distant America. Against the backdrop of the refined French court, where great philosophers and writers created their immortal works and the most beautiful women of their time shone, the new French monarch made a fateful decision to support the North American states in their struggle for independence from England, the eternal adversary of the French crown. This support became a key factor in the American victory and the signing of the peace treaty, but in many ways predetermined future revolutionary events...

In his masterful narrative, Feuchtwanger creates a picture of an irresistible confluence of dramatic historical events, under the influence of which foxes, having entered a flourishing vineyard, forever changed the course of history...
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