The Boys' Life of Lafayette
by Helen Nicolay
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About this eBook
- Author
- Nicolay, Helen, 1866-1954
- Credits
- Produced by Madeleine Fournier. Images from the Internet Archive.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DC: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: France, Andorra, Monaco
- Subject
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 50232
- Release Date
- October 16, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE BOYS' LIFE OF LAFAYETTE — The Boys' Life of LAFAYETTE
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.ILLUSTRATIONS — PREFACE — THE BOYS' LIFE OF LAFAYETTE
- 4.I WARRIORS AND WILD BEASTS
- 5.II EDUCATING A MARQUIS
- 6.III A NEW KING
- 7.IV AN UNRULY COURTIER
- 8.V LEADING A DOUBLE LIFE
- 9.VI A SEA-TURN
- 10.VII AN AMERICAN PILGRIMAGE
- 11.VIII AN ASTONISHING RECEPTION
- 12.IX PROVING HIMSELF A SOLDIER
- 13.X LETTERS
- 14.XI A FOOL'S ERRAND
- 15.XII FARCE AND TREACHERY
- 16.XIII A LIAISON OFFICER
- 17.XIV NEAR-MUTINY AND NEAR-IMPRISONMENT
- 18.XV HELP—AND DISAPPOINTMENT
- 19.XVI BLACK TREACHERY
- 20.XVII PREPARING FOR THE LAST ACT
- 21.XVIII YORKTOWN
- 22.XIX "THE WINE OF HONOR"
- 23.XX THE PASSING OF OLD FRANCE
- 24.XXI THE TRICOLOR
- 25.XXII THE SANS-CULOTTES
- 26.XXIII POPULARITY AND PRISON
- 27.XXIV SOUTH CAROLINA TO THE RESCUE!
- 28.XXV VOLUNTEERS IN MISFORTUNE
- 29.XXVI EXILES
- 30.XXVII A GRATEFUL REPUBLIC
- 31.XXVIII LEAVE-TAKINGS
- 32.XXIX PRESIDENT—OR KING-MAKER?
- 33.XXX SEVENTY-SIX YEARS YOUNG
- 34.INDEX
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