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Revolutionary brothers : Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the friendship that helped forge two nations / Tom Chaffin.

Summary:

In a narrative both panoramic and intimate, Chaffin captures the four-decade friendship of Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette.

Record details

ISBN: 9781250113726 (hardcover)
ISBN: 1250113725 (hardcover)
Physical Description: x, 529 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [493]-509) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Trails long and severe -- Part 1. The road rises, 1743-1777. La victoire ; "My heart was enlisted" ; "Beyond the reach of pursuers" ; The pursuit of happiness ; To Philadelphia ; City tavern -- Part 2. Converging paths, 1778-1780. "To learn, and not to teach" ; Renown ; Soldier's friend ; Stargazer ; "No one better situated" ; "A hunting with the King" ; Burdens wrong to decline ; Blast like an earthquake -- Part 3. In common cause, 1781-1782. "The latitude of his plans" ; "Flattered by the command" ; Rumors gone abroad ; The enemy at Monticello ; "A good school for me" ; To do some very good things ; Yorktown ; Taps -- Part 4. Parisiens, 1782-1785. More mortification than any of my life ; "Your name here is held in veneration" ; Paris autumn ; Hero's tour ; Diplomats ; Te deum ; The patriarch of Passy ; Holy Roman empire ; Hôtel de Langeac ; England ; Historical scenes ; "No rose without its thorn".

Part 5. Revolutionary tide, 1786-1789. Assembly of not ables ; "To see what I have never seen before" ; Canal Royal de Languedoc ; Bed of justice ; A parade in Aurillac ; Polly and Sally ; The perpetual union's final days ; "Our affairs at Amsterdam press on my mind like a mountain" ; "The devil, more cunning" ; "To navigate in such a whirling" ; Vive le tiers etat! ; "The mephitic atmosphere of prejudices" ; "Paid at Panthemont in full" ; "A catechism of France" ; "Aux armes!" ; Hotel de Ville ; Commandant de la garde nationale ; "Vive la nation!" ; The sea running high ; Duties owed the king ; Adieus -- Part 6. Diverging paths, 1790-1824. "Depotism to liberty, in a feather bed" ; "Cromwell would not have entered alone" ; A clomping of approaching horses ; Reign of terror ; "The unhappy fortunes of M. de la Fayette" ; Quiet days in Batavia ; Hero's tour redux ; Autumn reunion ; "A certain idea".