Jardin's decades-long work on the committee which collected and published Tocqueville's papers provided an excellent background for his biography of the famed political scientist and writer.
dʒˈɑːɹdɪnz dˈɛkeɪdzlˈɔŋ wˈɜːk ɔnðə kəmˈɪɾi wˌɪtʃ kəlˈɛktᵻd ænd pˈʌblɪʃt tˈɑːkwɪvˌɪlz pˈeɪpɚz pɹəvˈaɪdᵻd ɐn ˈɛksələnt bˈækɡɹaʊnd fɔːɹ hɪz baɪˈɑːɡɹəfi ʌvðə fˈeɪmd pəlˈɪɾɪkəl sˈaɪəntɪst ænd ɹˈaɪɾɚ.