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Revolutionary brothers : Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the friendship that helped forge two nations
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Revolutionary brothers : Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the friendship that helped forge two nations / Tom Chaffin.
ISBN
9781250113726
1250113725
9781250113740
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019.
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
x, 529 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Summary
In a narrative both panoramic and intimate, Chaffin captures the four-decade friendship of Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette.
Thomas Jefferson first met the Marquis de Lafayette in 1781, when the young French-born general was dispatched to Virginia to assist Jefferson, then the state's governor, in fighting off the British. The two could not have seemed more different. When Jefferson moved to Paris three years later as a diplomat, speaking little French and in need of a partner, their friendship began in earnest. Chaffin shows how their friendship endured through the making of two revolutions-- and two nations, to a powerful and emotional reunion at Monticello in 1824. -- adapted from jacket
Variant and related titles
Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the friendship that helped forge two nations
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 12, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [493]-509) and index.
Contents
The road rises, 1743-
La Victoire
"My heart was enlisted"
"Beyond the reach of pursuers"
The pursuit of happiness
To Philadelphia
City Tavern
Converging paths, 1778-
"To learn, and not to Teach"
Renown
Soldier's Friend
Stargazer
"No One Better Situated"
À Hunting with the King
Burdens Wrong to Decline
Blast Like an Earthquake
In Common Cause, 1781-
The Latitude of His plans
Flattered by the command
A Rumors gone abroad
The Enemy at Monticello
A Good School for Me
To Do Some Very Good Things
Yorktown
Taps
Parisiens, 1782-
More Mortification Than Any of My Life
Your Name Here Is Held in Veneration
Paris autumn
All the gratitude which this country can render
Diplomats
Te deum
The Patriarch of Passy
Holy Roman Empire
Hôtel de Langeac
England
Historical scenes
No rose without its thorn.
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