Marquis : Lafayette Reconsidered by Laura Auricchio (2015, Trade Paperback)

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ISBN
9780307387455
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307387453
ISBN-13
9780307387455
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208727022

Product Key Features

Book Title
Marquis : Lafayette Reconsidered
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Cultural Heritage, Europe / France, Political, Historical, Military
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Laura Auricchio
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
13.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-046386
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Praise for Laura Auricchio''s THE MARQUIS   "Robust, hugely satisfying . . . a spirited and entirely accurate account . . . Her book follows Lafayette''s life and career with greater sympathy and in greater detail than any previous account in English that I know of, and the infectious zest of her character descriptions is by no means limited to her illustrious hero . . . [Lafayette has] always been far more deserving of a first-rate popular biography than either the General he worshipped or the Tyrants he opposed, and now at last he''s got one."                                                             -Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Monthly   "Absorbing."                                                             -Henrik Bering, The Weekly Standard   "Engrossing . . . Laura Auricchio is as adept at recounting the Marquis''s first, awkward moments negotiating the subtleties of Versailles as she is bringing to life his seemingly father-son relationship with George Washington. Impeccably researched and compelling."   -Andrew Curran, Dean of the Arts and Humanities, Wesleyan University   "In a sharp and moving biography, Auricchio captures the essence of the ''French hero of the American Revolution--the Hero of Two Worlds, the Apostle of Liberty.''"                                                                    - Kirkus (Starred Review)   "Absorbing . . . well-written, well-furnished . . . An excellent account."                                                                                                                     -Frederick Brown, Wall Street Journal   "Laura Auricchio has managed to bring the Marquis de Lafayette back to life, replacing the rather wooden figure of legend with the real man, a hero of two great revolutions, the American and the French, and man of great complexity and unfailing courage. An immensely rewarding book."   --Michael Korda, author of Clouds of Glory   "[A] fine biography. . .Lafayette still deserves more attention in France, but he''s found just the right American biographer in Auricchio."                                                                      - Publishers Weekly   From the Hardcover edition.
Dewey Decimal
944.04092 B
Synopsis
Winner of the 2015 American Library in Paris Book Award The Marquis de Lafayette at age nineteen volunteered to fight under George Washington and became the French hero of the American Revolution. In this major biography Laura Auricchio looks past the storybook hero and selfless champion of righteous causes who cast aside family and fortune to advance the transcendent aims of liberty and fully reveals a man driven by dreams of glory only to be felled by tragic, human weaknesses. Drawing on substantial new research conducted in libraries, archives, museums, and private homes in France and the United States, Auricchio, gives us history on a grand scale revealing the man and his complex life, while challenging and exploring the complicated myths that have surrounded his name for more than two centuries
LC Classification Number
DC146.L2A87 2014

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