F-V Adult Patron Picks 2022

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1. Hero of two worlds: the Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

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Author:
Duncan, Mike, 1980-
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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"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...