In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and his friend Gustave de Beaumont were sent on a mission to the United States to study the penitentiary system. For nine months, they traveled from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi Valley. Tocqueville draws from his observations of Democracy in America, which remains one of the most illuminating studies of the United States and democratic societies. Almost two centuries later, Le Figaro takes you in the footsteps of Tocqueville, through an America in the midst of a political crisis.
Special Envoy to Nashville
Under the white columns of the porch, visitors are greeted by guides in period costume.
Women in straw dresses and hats and men in waistcoats and necklaces accompany visitors through the large house.
The rooms have high ceilings, ideal, before the invention of air conditioning, to mitigate the heat that reigns in the southern United States.
With its dark woodwork and four-poster beds, the decor is
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