{"product_id":"a-nobel-affair-the-correspondence-between-alfred-nobel-and-sofie-hess-9781487501778","title":"A Nobel Affair: The Correspondence Between Alfred Nobel and Sofie Hess","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlfred Nobel made his name as an inventor and successful entrepreneur and left a legacy as a philanthropist and promoter of learning and social progress. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence between Nobel and his Viennese mistress, Sofie Hess, shines a light on his private life and reveals a personality that differs significantly from his public image. The letters show him as a hypochondriac and workaholic and as a paranoid, jealous, and patriarchal lover. Indeed, the relationship between the aging Alfred Nobel and the carefree, spendthrift Sofie Hess will strike readers as dysfunctional and worthy of Freudian analysis. Erika Rummel's masterful translation and annotations reveal the value of the letters as commentary on 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century social mores: the concept of honour and reputation, the life of a \"kept\" woman, the prevalence of antisemitism, the importance of spas as health resorts and entertainment centres, the position of single mothers, and more generally the material culture of a rich bourgeois gentleman. \u003ci\u003eA Nobel Affair \u003c\/i\u003eis the first translation into English of the complete correspondence between Alfred Nobel and Sofie Hess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erika Rummel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487501778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErika Rummel\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor emerita in the Department of History at Wilfrid Laurier University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45352005632115,"sku":"9781487501778","price":169.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f36bc2aa-108b-46f8-ae07-484a53dff77e.jpg?v=1786547668","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/a-nobel-affair-the-correspondence-between-alfred-nobel-and-sofie-hess-9781487501778","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}