
Hero of Two Worlds
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The riveting story of the Marquis de Lafayette's lifelong quest to defend the principles of liberty and equality, from the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and the host of the Revolutions podcast.
"Immensely compelling." -The New York Times
Few in history can match the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette. Over fifty incredible years at the heart of the Age of Revolution, he fought courageously on both sides of the Atlantic. He was a soldier, statesman, idealist, philanthropist, and abolitionist.
As a teenager, Lafayette ran away from France to join the American Revolution. Returning home a national hero, he helped launch the French Revolution, eventually spending five years locked in dungeon prisons. After his release, Lafayette sparred with Napoleon, joined an underground conspiracy to overthrow King Louis XVIII, and became an international symbol of liberty. Finally, as a revered elder statesman, he was instrumental in the overthrow of the Bourbon Dynasty in the Revolution of 1830.
From enthusiastic youth to world-weary old age, from the pinnacle of glory to the depths of despair, Lafayette never stopped fighting for the rights of all mankind. His remarkable life is the story of where we come from, and an inspiration to defend the ideals he held dear.
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- Intro
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- DEDICATION
- Part I: CUR NON
- ONE THE ORPHAN MARQUIS
- TWO A BIRD IN A GILDED CAGE
- THREE WHY NOT?
- FOUR BRILLIANT MADNESS
- FIVE A HELL OF BLUNDERS, MADNESS, AND DECEPTION
- SIX THE ALLIANCE
- SEVEN PURCHASING GLORY
- EIGHT RED AND BLACK FEATHERS
- NINE THE PLAY IS OVER
- First Interlude: The Liberties of All Mankind
- Part II: La Revolution
- TEN THE NOT ABLES
- ELEVEN A CONSPIRACY OF HONEST PEOPLE
- TWELVE THE CATECHISM OF FRANCE
- THIRTEEN I REIGN IN PARIS
- FOURTEEN TO VERSAILLES OR TO THE LAMPPOST
- FIFTEEN THE ZENITH OF HIS INFLUENCE
- SIXTEEN AN OCEAN OF FACTIONS AND COMMOTIONS
- SEVENTEEN HIS CIRCLE IS COMPLETED
- Second Interlude: The Prisoners of Olmütz
- Part III: The Republican Kiss
- EIGHTEEN LA GRANGE
- NINETEEN RESTORATION
- TWENTY THE CERTIFICATE OF ANTIQUITY
- TWENTY-ONE THE CHARCOAL BURNERS
- TWENTY-TWO THE NATION'S GUEST
- TWENTY-THREE THE JULY REVOLUTION
- TWENTY-FOUR A TOWER AMID THE WATERS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- DISCOVER MORE
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- NOTE ON DIRECT QUOTES
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
- PRAISE FOR "HERO OF TWO WORLDS
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