Lafayette

Gonzague Saint Bris

• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9781605981819
• eBook ISBN:
  9781605981505
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Early American History
• Index: History

The rousing story of Lafayette—aide-de-camp and "adopted son" of George Washington—exploring his vital role in the American Revolution. In this long-overdue history of Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette, acclaimed French author Gonzague Saint Bris recounts Lafayette's invaluable contributions to the American War of Independence and, later, the French Revolution of 1789. The first study of Lafayette to appear in almost ten years, Saint Bris' new volume recounts the young Lafayette's personal friendship with George Washington, who went so far as to refer to Lafayette as his "adopted son, " and his pivotal role as Washington's aide-de-camp in helping establish the fledgling American nation. Lafayette's presence at the British surrender at Yorktown is a stark reminder of just how closely our forefather's victory hinged on the help of our French allies, who were roused into action by Lafayette himself. equally absorbing and less well known is Lafayette's idealistic but naive efforts to plant the fruits of the American-style democracy he so admired in the unreceptive soil of his homeland.

Table of contents

• COVER
• TITLE PAGE
• CONTENTS
• FOREWORD
• CHAPTER ONE: ENDGAME: A TROUBLESOME CORPSE
• CHAPTER TWO: CHILD OF NATURE
• CHAPTER THREE: A MILLIONAIRE ORPHAN
• CHAPTER FOUR: THE FORTUNATE BEGINNINGS OF A TRAGIC REIGN
• CHAPTER FIVE: VERSAILLES THE PALACE OF PLEASURE
• CHAPTER SIX: THE ROUNDUP IN METZ
• CHAPTER SEVEN: A YOUNG MAN WITH A GRUDGE
• CHAPTER EIGHT: HONOR TO THE SPY
• CHAPTER NINE: FIGARO AND AMERICA
• CHAPTER TEN: THE DUKE’S SURPRISE
• CHAPTER ELEVEN: DREARY VISTA
• CHAPTER TWELVE: THE SAILOR-KING
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN: CHARLESTON
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN: STRIPES? WHAT STRIPES?
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE TAVERN OF DESTINY
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN: ORDEAL BY FIRE
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: THE GLORIOUS BAREFOOT SOLDIERS
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: GENERAL KAYEWLA
• CHAPTER NINETEEN: A DISAPPOINTMENT ARRIVES BY SEA
• CHAPTER TWENTY: A VERY PAMPERED PRISONER
• CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: THE INDIAN SUMMER OF VICTORY
• CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
• CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: FROM ANIMAL FLUID TO ELASTIC SHOES
• CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: KINGS FOR EVERY TASTE
• CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: EXCESS POWER, EXCESS APPETITE
• CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: WAS THE EDIFICE THAT WORM-EATEN?
• CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: THE “FAIR-HAIRED BOY”
• CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: GENERAL MORPHEUS
• CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: THE LAST FESTIVAL
• CHAPTER THIRTY: IMPOSSIBLE DUO
• CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS
• CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: THE INTERRUPTED GAME
• CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: A VICTORY OR AN ENIGMA?
• CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: A RETURN TO FRANCE ON TIPTOES
• CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: THE PLEASURE OF SAYING NO
• CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: THE INGLORIOUS RETURN OF A DYNASTY
• CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: WHEN WORDS GIVE WAY TO SILENCE
• CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: A REGICIDE AT THE SERVICE OF THE KING
• CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: ON THE FRAGILITY OF CONSPIRACIES
• CHAPTER FORTY: “WHAT BETTER PLACE TO BE THAN IN THE BOSOM OF ONE’S FAMILY”
• CHAPTER FORTY-ONE: WHEN HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
• CHAPTER FORTY-TWO: THE SEASON OF FAREWELLS
• CHAPTER FORTY-THREE: LAFAYETTE, EXEMPLARY FREEMASON
• CONCLUSION
• APPENDICES
• MAJOR DATES IN THE LIFE OF LAFAYETTE
• INDEX
• COPYRIGHT