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Product details:
- Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
- Date of Publication 15 March 2011
- ISBN 9780230105041
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages224 pages
- Size 215x146x20 mm
- Weight 315 g
- Language English
- Illustrations incl. 8pp b&w illustrations 0
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Short description:
The Marquis de Lafayette is an icon of American and French history and his life story the stuff of legend. Here, historian Marc Leepson delivers an insightful account of the great general, whose love of liberty and passionate devotion to American and French independence shines in the pages of history.
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The Marquis de Lafayette is an icon of American—and French—history. Lafayette's life story is the stuff of legend. Born into an aristocratic French family of warriors, made lieutenant in the French Royal Guard at age 14, and married into the royal family at 16, he traveled to the colonies at his own expense to fight in the American Revolution. By age 20, he was embraced by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, who became his life-long friends. Here, historian Marc Leepson delivers an insightful account of the great general, whose love of liberty and passionate devotion to American and French independence shines in the pages of history
MARC LEEPSON Historian, journalist and author of six books. A former staff writer for Congressional Quarterly in Washington, D.C., his work has appeared in many magazines and newspapers, including Civil War Times, America's Civil War, Vietnam, The Washington Post, New York Times, New York Times Book Review, Wall Street Journal, Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, and USA Today, among others. He also was a long-time contributor to the Encyclopedia Americana Yearbook and contributes to the Encyclopedia Americana.
Table of Contents:
Praise for Flag: An American Biography
'There is no story about the flag that he omits…. [We] now have a comprehensive guide to its unfolding.' - The Wall Street Journal
'Compelling reading....This book brings out the irony, humor, myth, and behind-the-scenes happenings that make our flag's 228-year history so fascinating.' - The Saturday Evening Post
'Flag is a valuable addition to American history, and Leepson...certainly is due a portion of authorly glory for this absorbing account of America's national icon.' - Richmond Times-Dispatch
'Timely and insightful.' - The Dallas Morning News
'A grand book, worthy of its grand subject.' - Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys and The Keeper's Son
'A very significant contribution to our history. And it is a book that everyone who cares about the United States should read.' - Veteran Magazine
Praise for Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed American History:
"In this book we find ourselves firmly implanted in the land of what might have been . . . Desperate Engagement will (of course) be of interest to Civil War buffs, whose numbers remain legion nearly a century and a half after the war's end, and to many other readers as well. Wondering about what might have been is . . . an instructive, useful game that deepens our understanding of history's uncertain, unpredictable path." - Washington Post
"Leepson lucidly narrates the campaign . . . A hard-fought, dramatic episode that Leepson brings vividly to life." - Publishers Weekly
