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

Title
Revolutionary brothers : Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the friendship that helped forge two nations / Tom Chaffin.
Author
Chaffin, Tom
Publication
  • New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019.
  • ©2019

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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
Alternative Title
Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the friendship that helped forge two nations
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
JFE 20-2762
ISBN
  • 9781250113726
  • 1250113725
  • 9781250113740 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2019024564
  • 40029658105
OCLC
1079868449
Author
Chaffin, Tom, author.
Title
Revolutionary brothers : Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the friendship that helped forge two nations / Tom Chaffin.
Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019.
Copyright Date
©2019
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [493]-509) and index.
Chronological Term
1700-1809
Other Standard Identifier
40029658105
Research Call Number
JFE 20-2762
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