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Title: Lafayette by Harlow Giles Unger ISBN: 0-471-39432-7 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 02 August, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Captivating story
Comment: Unger's Lafayette is one of the best written revolutionary period biographies. Most of us know Lafayette only for his American Revolution contributions. Unger's book takes us to the French revolution as well and Lafayette's key role in it. Here he tried to prevent the massacres that took place and personally paid dearly for his role. One can not help have strong admiration for Lafayette as a man of ideals, honesty and courage. Unger has written a highly readable and entertaining biography. I read his book on Hancock and was also imnpressed with Unger's ability to tell a story with an always interestimg prose.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Marquis de Lafayette
Comment: Harlow Unger's book covers a biography that is stranger than fiction, starting with LaFayette's unique marriage and continuing with his fanatical dedication to the remote American struggle for freedom; his close relationships with Washington, Franklin, Jefferson and other world leaders; his exceptional military leadership; his continuing voluntary work for independence in his own country (including 13 months in a horrific prison) all the way until he died at the age of 77. Throughout the story, the mutual, unabated love between the Marquis and his very capable wife, Adrienne, provided even more dramatic episodes. Nearly every event was more amazing the the one before.
This is a detailed and eye-opening history of both the American and French revolutions and their great contrast. If the reader has trouble believing it is truly factual, he will be convinced with the frequent, verbatim letters and voluminous, documented historical references. This is absolutely a must read for anyone with an ounce of interest in western civilization.
Rating: 5
Summary: Lafayette
Comment: This book swept me away with its twists of adventure, romance, and military scenes. It is definitely the best biography I've read on Lafayette with its thorough detail and gripping narrative. Lafayette's story combines French and American history, and captures the moving love story of his marriage. It has been a long time since a book transported me like this one did.
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Title: John Paul Jones : Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy by Evan Thomas ISBN: 0743205839 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 14 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: John Hancock : Merchant King and American Patriot by Harlow Giles Unger ISBN: 0471332097 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 08 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Gentleman Revolutionary : Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution by Richard Brookhiser ISBN: 0743223799 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Forgotten Patriot: The Life & Times of Major-General Nathanael Greene by Lee Patrick Anderson ISBN: 1581126352 Publisher: Universal Publishers Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Alexander Hamilton: A Life by Willard Sterne Randall ISBN: 0060195495 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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