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A podcast where I tell the story of lesser-known and or misunderstood events and people from history in a way that is hopefully as entertaining as it is informative.
Rejoining the American war effort in 1780, Lafayette is sent south to bring a traitorous general to heel. Unbeknownst to him, his actions were setting the stage for the dramatic final act of the War of Independence: the Battle of Yorktown.
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Auricchio, Laura. The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered. Vintage Books, 2015.
Babeau, Emile and Maurice de la Fuye. The Apostle of Liberty: A Life of Lafayette. Thames and Hudson, 1956.
Duncan, Mike. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. Hachette Book Group, 2021.
Israel, Jonathan. The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848. Princeton University Press, 2011.
Schama, Simon. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Unger, Harlow Giles. Lafayette. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002.
Woodward, W.E. Lafayette. Farrar & Rinehart, 1938.
Cover Image: Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De Lafayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791. Painting by Joseph-Désiré Court, 1834.
Closing theme: "Ça Ira" (It will be fine)- popular song from the French Revolution.
Perspectives in History
A podcast where I tell the story of lesser-known and or misunderstood events and people from history in a way that is hopefully as entertaining as it is informative.
