Marquis de Lafayette Part 17: The Nation’s Guest

With his political fortunes waning in France, Lafayette decides to embark on a long-deferred trip to the United States. As one of the last surviving figures of the founding generation, Lafayette’s 18 month grand tour inspires some of the most rapturous celebrations in the young nation’s history.

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Bibliography

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. 

Kramer, Lloyd S. Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolutions. University of North Carolina Press, 1996.

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier. Memoirs, Correspondence, and Manuscripts of General Lafayette, vols 1-6. Saunders and Otley, 1837. 

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.