Auricchio, Laura.

Summary: A major biography of the Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolution, who, at age nineteen, volunteered to fight under George Washington; a biography that 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 justice commemorated in America’s towns, streets, parks, and schools...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS DE AUR

Duncan, Mike

Summary: "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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.0092 DUN

Reiss, Tom.

Summary: Traces the story of the mixed-race swordsman and father of novelist Alexandre Dumas, discussing his rise to the French aristocracy, his military triumphs ,and the adventures that inspired such classics as "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo."

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Trade 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DUMAS, THOMAS ALEXANDRE REI