Hero of Two Worlds

The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

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Despite his noble birth the Marquis de Lafayette became devoted to the cause of liberty and equality as a teenager when he learned of the American colonists’ revolt against the British Crown. This biography identifies Lafayette’s victories and defeats, ideals and hypocrisies, from his enthusiastic departure for America to his role in the French Revolution and the overthrow of the Bourbon Dynasty.

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