"The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered" Topic
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Tango01 | 16 Jul 2014 9:39 p.m. PST |
"A major biography of the Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolution, a book that looks past the storybook general and selfless champion of righteous causes who, at the age of nineteen, volunteered to fight under George Washington, casting aside fortune and family (from one of France's oldest families; his ancestors served in the Crusades and alongside Joan of Arc) to advance the transcendent aims of liberty and justice. We see how Lafayette's reputation rose to great heights during the American Revolution but collapsed more than a decade later during the French Revolution; how when the Bastille fell on July 14, 1789, Parisians hailed Lafayette as the French Washington, appointing him commander of their National Guard in the hope that he would be able to restore order to a city wracked by starvation and violence. As revolutionaries hurtled in radical directions and staunch monarchists dug in their heels, Lafayette lost control, remaining steadfast in his belief that the French monarchy needed to be reformed, but not abolished, and doing everything in his power to prevent an American-style republic from taking root in his native land. Formerly seen as France's heroic figure, he was now a traitor to his nation, forced to flee his country, and today remains a murky figure in French memory"
See here link Amicalement Armand |
Winston Smith | 16 Jul 2014 10:14 p.m. PST |
I always thought of him as the equivalent of the American son of a rich doctor or lawyer who went to Cuba to cut sugar cane for Fidel. |
Jcfrog | 17 Jul 2014 3:51 a.m. PST |
traitor??? because he has different ideas…hummm From 1791 on every one became someone else traitor in the patrie des droits de l'homme. He wanted a sort of constitutional monarchy (a la UK), which, e=seeing what happened, might have been better. The Fr revolution history has been tainted and sanctified by the 3rd republic and the socialists/commies afterwards; it is still very difficult too have true dispassionate books written about it. |
Tango01 | 17 Jul 2014 10:42 a.m. PST |
Imho he also don't managed very well at 1815. Amicalement Armand |
Old Contemptibles | 17 Jul 2014 12:07 p.m. PST |
I'll have a cup of Java. |
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