{"product_id":"heirs-of-an-honored-name","title":"Heirs of an Honored Name","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn enthralling chronicle of the American nineteenth century told through the unraveling of the nation's first political dynasty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn and Abigail Adams founded a famous political family, but they would not witness its calamitous fall from grace. When John Quincy Adams died in 1848, so began the slow decline of the family's political legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHeirs of an Honored Name\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning historian Douglas R. Egerton depicts a family grown famous, wealthy -- and aimless. After the Civil War, Republicans looked to the Adamses to steer their party back to its radical 1850s roots. Instead, Charles Francis Sr. and his children -- Charles Francis Jr., John Quincy II, Henry and Clover Adams, and Louisa Adams Kuhn -- largely quit the political arena and found refuge in an imagined past of aristocratic preeminence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn absorbing story of brilliant siblings and family strain, \u003ci\u003eHeirs of an Honored Name\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the burden of impossible expectations shaped the Adamses and, through them, American history.\u003c\/div\u003e\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44786734891187,"sku":"9780465093885","price":2132.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477297789780465093885.jpg?v=1762807391","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/heirs-of-an-honored-name","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}