The Real Lafayette
Nonfiction, History, France, Americas, United States, Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Biography & Memoir, Historical
| Author: | Thomas Fleming | ISBN: | 9781612305400 |
| Publisher: | New Word City, Inc. | Publication: | September 21, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Thomas Fleming |
| ISBN: | 9781612305400 |
| Publisher: | New Word City, Inc. |
| Publication: | September 21, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette - American Revolutionary War hero, toast of liberal Europe, and a founder of modern France - started his illustrious life as a shy, clumsy, if aristocratic, country bumpkin. Here, in this essay from New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Thomas Fleming, is Lafayette's surprising - and inspiring - story.
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette - American Revolutionary War hero, toast of liberal Europe, and a founder of modern France - started his illustrious life as a shy, clumsy, if aristocratic, country bumpkin. Here, in this essay from New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Thomas Fleming, is Lafayette's surprising - and inspiring - story.
