Smack-Bam, or the Art of Governing Men: Political Fairy Tales of Édouard Laboulaye

by Édouard Laboulaye

Book Overview

Wry political fairy tales from a nineteenth-century politician that speak to our current times

douard Laboulaye (1811-1883), one of nineteenth-century France's most prominent politicians and an instrumental figure in establishing the Statue of Liberty, was also a prolific writer of fairy tales. Smack-Bam, or The Art of Governing Men brings together sixteen of Laboulaye's most artful stories in new translations. Filled with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691181861
• ISBN13: 9780691181868
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher