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The marquis : Lafayette reconsidered / Laura Auricchio.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection DC146.L2 A87 2014
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Van Pelt Library DC146.L2 A87 2014
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Auricchio, Laura.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier.
France. Armée.
Generals--France--Biography.
Generals.
France.
Statesmen--France--Biography.
Statesmen.
Generals--United States--Biography.
United States.
France. Armée--Biography.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French.
History.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:
xxvi, 409 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Edition:
First Edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Contents:
Part 1 From Province to Paris
Chapter 1 Family Pride 3
Chapter 2 The Outsider 19
Chapter 3 Les Insurgents 28
Part 2 American Patriot
Chapter 4 First Impressions 39
Chapter 5 Disenchantment 55
Chapter 6 Alliances 61
Chapter 7 Homecomings 77
Chapter 8 Honor 92
Chapter 9 1784 105
Chapter 10 An "American" Nobleman in Paris 129
Part 3 French Reformer
Chapter 11 A Political Education 145
Chapter 12 Rights of Man 164
Chapter 13 A Storybook Hero 185
Chapter 14 "I Reign in Paris" 193
Chapter 15 Triumph 209
Chapter 16 Unflattering Portraits 222
Chapter 17 Downfalls 238
Part 4 Between Two Worlds
Chapter 18 Exile 265
Chapter 19 Homages 288
Chapter 20 Picpus 304.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-390) and index.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
ISBN:
9780307267559
0307267555
9780307387455
0307387453
OCLC:
863633078

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