Lafayette Paperback By Harlow Giles Unger History

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Publisher
Wiley & Sons Canada, The Limited, John
ISBN-10
0471468851
ISBN-13
9780471468851
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4603712

Product Key Features

Book Title
Lafayette
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Biography & Autobiography / Historical, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Harlow Giles Unger
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
23.6 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"...Here is an admirable account of his life and extraordinary career on both sides of the Atlantic...." ( Sunday Telegraph , 11 January 2004), ""...Here is an admirable account of his life and extraordinary career on both sides of the Atlantic...."" ( Sunday Telegraph , 11 January 2004), * "...Here is an admirable account of his life and extraordinary career on both sides of the Atlantic...." ( Sunday Telegraph , 11 January 2004), * ""...Here is an admirable account of his life and extraordinary career on both sides of the Atlantic...."" ( Sunday Telegraph , 11 January 2004)
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
944.04092
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations.Acknowledgments.Chronology.Preface.PART ONE: THE BEST OF TIMES.1. The Young Knight.2. The Quest.3. First Blood.4. Boy General.5. An American Winter.6. The Alliance.7. Return to Royal Favor.8. The Traitor and the Spy.9. Ride to Glory.10. "The Play is Over".11. Conqueror of Cornwallis.12. Completing the Quest.PART TWO: THE WORST OF TIMES.13. The Notables and the "Not Ables".14. "I Reign in Paris".15. Guardian Angel.16. Prisoners of the Mob.17. The Most Hated Man in Europe.18. The Prisoners of Olm8tz.19. Resurrection.10. Apotheosis.21.Les Adieux.Epilogue.Notes.Selected Bibliography of Principal Sources.Index.
Synopsis
Acclaim for Lafayette "I found Mr. Unger's book exceptionally well done. It's an admirable account of the marquis's two revolutions-one might even say his two lives-the French and the American. It also captures the private Lafayette and his remarkable wife, Adrienne, in often moving detail., Acclaim for Lafayette ""I found Mr. Unger's book exceptionally well done. It's an admirable account of the marquis's two revolutions-one might even say his two lives-the French and the American. It also captures the private Lafayette and his remarkable wife, Adrienne, in often moving detail."" -Thomas Fleming, author, Liberty!: The American Revolution ""Harlow Unger's Lafayette is a remarkable and dramatic account of a life as fully lived as it is possible to imagine, that of Gilbert de Motier, marquis de Lafayette. To American readers Unger's biography will provide a stark reminder of just how near run a thing was our War of Independence and the degree to which our forefathers' victory hinged on the help of our French allies, marshalled for George Washington by his 'adopted' son, Lafayette. But even more absorbing and much less well known to the general reader will be Unger's account of Lafayette's idealistic but naive efforts to plant the fruits of the American democracy he so admired in the unreceptive soil of his homeland. His inspired oratory produced not the constitutional democracy he sought but the bloody Jacobin excesses of the French Revolution.""-Larry Collins, coauthor, Is Paris Burning? and O Jerusalem! ""A lively and entertaining portrait of one of the most important supporting actors in the two revolutions that transformed the modern world.""-Susan Dunn, author, Sister Revolutions: French Lightning, American Light ""Harlow Unger has cornered the market on muses to emerge as America's most readable historian. His new biography of the marquis de Lafayette combines a thoroughgoing account of the age of revolution, a probing psychological study of a complex man, and a literary style that goes down like cream. A worthy successor to his splendid biography of Noah Webster.""-Florence King, Contributing Editor, National Review ""Enlightening! The picture of Lafayette's life is a window to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century history.""-Michel Aubert La Fayette, Acclaim for Lafayette ""I found Mr. Unger's book exceptionally well done. It's an admirable account of the marquis's two revolutions-one might even say his two lives-the French and the American. It also captures the private Lafayette and his remarkable wife, Adrienne, in often moving detail."" -Thomas Fleming, author, Liberty : The American Revolution ""Harlow Unger's Lafayette is a remarkable and dramatic account of a life as fully lived as it is possible to imagine, that of Gilbert de Motier, marquis de Lafayette. To American readers Unger's biography will provide a stark reminder of just how near run a thing was our War of Independence and the degree to which our forefathers' victory hinged on the help of our French allies, marshalled for George Washington by his 'adopted' son, Lafayette. But even more absorbing and much less well known to the general reader will be Unger's account of Lafayette's idealistic but naive efforts to plant the fruits of the American democracy he so admired in the unreceptive soil of his homeland. His inspired oratory produced not the constitutional democracy he sought but the bloody Jacobin excesses of the French Revolution.""-Larry Collins, coauthor, Is Paris Burning? and O Jerusalem ""A lively and entertaining portrait of one of the most important supporting actors in the two revolutions that transformed the modern world.""-Susan Dunn, author, Sister Revolutions: French Lightning, American Light ""Harlow Unger has cornered the market on muses to emerge as America's most readable historian. His new biography of the marquis de Lafayette combines a thoroughgoing account of the age of revolution, a probing psychological study of a complex man, and a literary style that goes down like cream. A worthy successor to his splendid biography of Noah Webster.""-Florence King, Contributing Editor, National Review ""Enlightening The picture of Lafayette's life is a window to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century history.""-Michel Aubert La Fayette, Acclaim for the prizewinning Lafayette "I found Mr. Unger's book exceptionally well done. It's an admirable account of the marquis's two revolutions-one might even say his two lives-the French and the American. It also captures the private Lafayette and his remarkable wife, Adrienne, in often moving detail." -Thomas Fleming, author, Liberty!: The American Revolution "To American readers Unger's biography will provide a stark reminder of just how near run a thing was our War of Independence and the degree to which our forefathers' victory hinged on the help of our French allies, marshalled for George Washington by his 'adopted' son, Lafayette." -Larry Collins, coauthor, Is Paris Burning? and O Jerusalem! "Harlow Unger has cornered the market on muses to emerge as America's most readable historian. His new biography of the marquis de Lafayette combines a thoroughgoing account of the age of revolution, a probing psychological study of a complex man, and a literary style that goes down like cream." -Florence King, Contributing Editor, National Review Selected as Best Book of 2002 by both the American Revolution Round Table of New York and the Fraunces Tavern Museum
LC Classification Number
E207.L2U45 2003

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