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Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Lane, Jason, 1929- General and Madame de Lafayette. Lanham : Taylor Trade : Distributed by National Book Network, ©2003 (OCoLC)894566596 |
Named Person: | Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette, marquis de; Marie Adrienne de Noailles Lafayette, marquise de; Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette, marquis de; Marie Adrienne de Noailles Lafayette, marquise de; Marie Adrienne de Noailles Lafayette, marquise de; Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette, marquis de; Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier de Lafayette; Marie Adrienne de Noailles Lafayette |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Computer File, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jason Lane |
ISBN: | 1589790189 9781589790186 |
OCLC Number: | 52214535 |
Description: | xiv, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Dramatis Personae -- Chronology -- A Marriage is Arranged -- Fate Plays Its Role -- In the American Revolution -- Triumph of Liberty in America -- Return of the Hero -- Onset of the French Revolution -- The Maelstrom -- On the Crest -- Pulled Under -- Adrienne and the Terror -- In the Depths of This Tomb -- Exile -- A Love Stronger Than Death -- Under Empire, Restoration, and the Hundred Days -- Partisan in Liberty's Cause -- Another Revolution. |
Responsibility: | Jason Lane. |
More information: | |
Local System Bib Number: | 1610475867688_408067 991000699189705351 |
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Lane's dual biography of Gilbert and Adrienne Lafayette provides readers with insights into the events as much as the persons.Why did Americans of all political persuasions enthusiastically embrace Lafayette while the royalist and radical French political establishments largely rejected him? -- Robert Rhodes Crout, Co-Editor, <i> The Lafayette Papers Project <i> Lane's first book offers a detailed glimpse of French society in the late 18th and early 19th centuries as seen through the lives of two aristocrats dedicated to liberty. * Publishers Weekly * Jason Lane provides a lively, engaging account of Lafayette's political ideals and public career as well as an insightful description of the remarkable personal relationship between Lafayette and his wife Adrienne. -- Lloyd Kramer, Author of <i> Lafayette in Two Worlds <i> I found General and Madame Lafayette so well documented that the reader can imagine realistically the hero and heroine of liberty living through the main events of their time. Even well informed readers can learn a great deal.... -- Jean-Pierre Cap, Emeritus Oliver Edwin Williams Professor of Foreign Languages & Literatures, Lafayette College This compelling dual biography paints a vivid portrait of two extraordinary individuals who together strove to alter the political course of two great nations at a pivotal juncture in history. -- Margaret Flanagan * Booklist * Will reward any reader interested in learning more about an extraordinary man and the astonishing eventful era in which he played so central a role. -- Peyton Moss * Foreword Reviews * An elegant tableau. * CHOICE * Read more...
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