Marquis de Lafayette
By: Pierre Horn.
Series: World leaders past & present
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
Subjects: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 -- Juvenile literature.; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.; France. Armée -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; United States. Army -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Generals -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Generals -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Statesmen -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Generals.; Statesmen.; France -- History -- 1789-1815 -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French -- Juvenile literature.
Description: Traces the life of the French general and statesman who was instrumental in persuading France to aid the colonists in the American Revolution and then returned to participate in the political scene in his own country.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 108.
Includes index.