{"product_id":"the-ambassadors-paperback-2","title":"The Ambassadors - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eColm Toibin\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction by Colm T ib n\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the final masterpieces from one of the world's greatest authors, Henry James's \u003ci\u003eThe Ambassadors\u003c\/i\u003e is now available for the first time in a Modern Library edition, with a new Introduction by acclaimed novelist Colm T ib n. A keenly observed tale of a man's awakening to life, this dark comic novel follows Lewis Lambert Strether, a middle-aged widower, on a mission to Europe to convince his fianc e's wayward son to forsake the pleasures of Paris and return to America. Rich with fin de si cle detail, \u003ci\u003eThe Ambassadors\u003c\/i\u003e brims with finely drawn character portraits, including one of the Master's most unforgettable heroines--the beguiling Madame de Vionnet. This was the novel that Henry James himself considered his finest, and no one is better equipped to put it into literary and historical context than Colm T ib n, whose award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eThe Master\u003c\/i\u003e depicted the inner life of James in the final years of the nineteenth century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColm Tóibín\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of six novels including \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwater Lightship; The Master, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of a \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize; and \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of a Costa Book Award. Twice short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, Colm Tóibín is the Leonard Milberg Lecturer in Irish Studies at Princeton University and lives in Dublin and New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 10, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228977250553,"sku":"9780812982701","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/c0dPL3BubndoVm04dTVVd1lyTnhmUT09.webp?v=1768296912","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-ambassadors-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}