by
Duncan, Mike,
Date
2021
502 pages
Language
English
Format:
Book
Abstract
"Few in history can match the breadth and depth of the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette. Over fifty incredible years at the heart of the Age of Revolution, he fought as one with righteous revolutionaries on both sides of the Atlantic. As an idealistic and courageous teenager serving in the American Revolution, he used his considerable wealth and savvy to help the Americans defeat the British. Then he returned home, and was a principal player in the French Revolution. And in his final act, at seventy years old, he was instrumental in the dramatic overthrow of the Bourbon Dynasty during the Revolution of 1830. All the while, he never wavered from the principles he had written into the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789: That men are born and remain free and equal, deserving of liberty, property, safety, freedom of speech, and the ability to resist oppression. Through this age of revolutionary upheaval, Lafayette remained unshakably committed to the principles he had outlined. From the time that he was an enthusiastic 19-year-old to the time he was a world-weary 74-year-old, his resolve never wavered. As the saying goes, if we don't learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it. The contemporary relevance and the life and times of the Marquis de Lafayette have never been more relevant. Today, the values codified and practiced by Lafayette are increasingly taken for granted and our society has grown complacent about their supposedly immutable and permanent force. His life is thus the story of where we came from-and what we stand to lose if we abandon the ideals for which he fought"-- Provided by publisher.
Call Number
B 944.04 LAF
by
Vowell, Sarah,
Date
2015
274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
B 944.04 VOW
by
Reiss, Tom.
Date
2012
ix, 414 p. : maps.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
B 944.04 DUM
by
Reiss, Tom.
Date
2012
1 e-book.
Language
English
Format:
Electronic Resource
Call Number
E-BOOK
by
Reiss, Tom
Date
2012
414 pages.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
B 944.04 DUM
by
Ryan, Edward,
Date
2003
424 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
B 940.27 DAU
by
Roberts, Andrew,
Date
2001
xxxii, 350 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
B 940.27 NAP
by
Roberts, Andrew,
Date
2001
350 p. : ill.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
B 940.27 NAP
by
Carrier, Roch,
Date
2015
327 p.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
B 971.0188 MON
by
Carrier, Roch,
Date
2014
327 p.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
B 971.0188 MON
by
Cook, Don,
Date
1983
432 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
B 944.0836 GAU
by
Williams, Charles,
Date
1993
xvi, 544 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Format:
Book
Call Number
B 944.836 GAU
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