marquis de Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette

Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette

marquis de Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette

This book is a memoir with correspondence and manuscripts of General Lafayette, who was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, commanding American troops in several battles, including the siege of Yorktown. After returning to France, he was a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830. He has been considered a national hero in both countries.