num_pages: 512
description: From the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes the thrilling story of the Marquis de Lafayettes lifelong quest to defend the principles of liberty and equalityA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA #1 ABA INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE BESTSELLER Few in history can match the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette. Over fifty incredible years at the heart of the Age of Revolution he fought courageously on both sides of the Atlantic. He was a soldier statesman idealist philanthropist and abolitionist. As a teenager Lafayette ran away from France to join the American Revolution. Returning home a national hero he helped launch the French Revolution eventually spending five years locked in dungeon prisons. After his release Lafayette sparred with Napoleon joined an underground conspiracy to overthrow King Louis XVIII and became an international symbol of liberty. Finally as a revered elder statesman he was instrumental in the overthrow of the Bourbon Dynasty in the Revolution of 1830. From enthusiastic youth to world-weary old age from the pinnacle of glory to the depths of despair Lafayette never stopped fighting for the rights of all mankind. His remarkable life is the story of where we come from and an inspiration to defend the ideals he held dear.
language: English
title: Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
publisher: PublicAffairs