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Lafayette : hero of the American Revolution / Gonzague Saint Bris ; translated by George Holoch.
- Title
- Lafayette : hero of the American Revolution / Gonzague Saint Bris ; translated by George Holoch.
- Author
- Saint Bris, Gonzague
- Publication
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2010.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Holoch, George
- Description
- xi, 354 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The rousing story of Lafayette--aide-de-camp and "adopted son" of George Washington--explores his vital role in the American Revolution.
- Uniform Title
- La Fayette. English
- Alternative Title
- La Fayette.
- Subject
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
- United States. Army > Biography
- 1775-1815
- Generals > United States > Biography
- Generals > France > Biography
- Statesmen > France > Biography
- United States > History > Participation, French > Revolution, 1775-1783
- France > History > 1789-1815
- French history US and French revolution 18th-19th centuries Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies
- History
- Biographies.
- Note
- First published in France in 2006 by Editions Télémaque.
- Includes index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Endgame : a troublesome corpse -- Child of nature -- A millionaire orphan -- The fortunate beginnings of a tragic reign -- Versailles, the palace of pleasure -- The roundup in Metz -- A young man with a grudge -- Honor to the spy -- Figaro and America -- The Duke's surprise -- Dreary vista -- The sailor-king -- Charleston -- Stripes? What stripes? -- The tavern of destiny -- Ordeal by fire -- The glorious barefoot soldiers -- General Kayewla -- A disappointment arrives by sea -- A very pampered prisoner -- The Indian summer of victory -- The sweet smell of success -- From animal fluid to elastic shoes -- Kings for every taste -- Excess power, excess appetite -- Was the edifice that worm-eaten? -- The "fair-haired boy" -- General Morpheus -- The last festival -- Impossible duo -- A dramatic turn of events -- The interrupted game -- A victory or an enigma? -- A return to France on tiptoes -- The pleasure of saying no -- The inglorious return of a dynasty -- When words give way to silence -- A regicide at the service of the King -- On the frailty of conspiracies -- "What better place to be than in the bosom of one's family' -- When history repeats itself -- The season of farewells -- Lafayette, exemplary freemason -- The space of desire.
- ISBN
- 9781605980874 (hbk.)
- 1605980870 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 464580250
- SCSB-10992185
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library