Hero of two worlds : the Marquis de Lafayette in the age of revolution
2021
923.544 L161dun 2021 MB
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Title
Hero of two worlds : the Marquis de Lafayette in the age of revolution
Variant Title
Marquis de Lafayette in the age of revolution
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : PublicAffairs, 2021.
Description
viii, 502 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
923.544 L161dun 2021 MB
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1199125441
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 466-482) and index.
L2021M122
" ... Over fifty incredible years at the heart of the age of revolution, Marquis de Lafayette fought as one with righteous revolutionaries on both sides of the Atlantic. As an idealistic and courageous teenager serving in the American Revolution, he used his considerable wealth and savvy to help the Americans defeat the British. Then he returned home, and was a principal player in the French Revolution. And in his final act, at seventy years old, he was instrumental in the dramatic overthrow of the Bourbon Dynasty during the Revolution of 1830. All the while, he never wavered from the principles he had written into the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789: That men are born and remain free and equal, deserving of liberty, property, safety, freedom of speech, and the ability to resist oppression. Through this age of revolutionary upheaval, Lafayette remained unshakably committed to the principles he had outlined. From the time that he was an enthusiastic 19-year-old to the time he was a world-weary 74-year-old, his resolve never wavered"--Provided by publisher.
L2021M122
" ... Over fifty incredible years at the heart of the age of revolution, Marquis de Lafayette fought as one with righteous revolutionaries on both sides of the Atlantic. As an idealistic and courageous teenager serving in the American Revolution, he used his considerable wealth and savvy to help the Americans defeat the British. Then he returned home, and was a principal player in the French Revolution. And in his final act, at seventy years old, he was instrumental in the dramatic overthrow of the Bourbon Dynasty during the Revolution of 1830. All the while, he never wavered from the principles he had written into the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789: That men are born and remain free and equal, deserving of liberty, property, safety, freedom of speech, and the ability to resist oppression. Through this age of revolutionary upheaval, Lafayette remained unshakably committed to the principles he had outlined. From the time that he was an enthusiastic 19-year-old to the time he was a world-weary 74-year-old, his resolve never wavered"--Provided by publisher.
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