Lafayette: Hero of the American Revolution

FOREWORD

CHAPTER ONE: ENDGAME: A TROUBLESOME CORPSE
CHAPTER TWO: CHILD OF NATURE
CHAPTER THREE: A MILLIONAIRE ORPHAN
CHAPTER FOUR: THE FORTUNATE BEGINNINGS OF A TRAGIC REIGN
CHAPTER FIVE: VERSAILLES THE PALACE OF PLEASURE
CHAPTER SIX: THE ROUNDUP IN METZ
CHAPTER SEVEN: A YOUNG MAN WITH A GRUDGE
CHAPTER EIGHT: HONOR TO THE SPY
CHAPTER NINE: FIGARO AND AMERICA
CHAPTER TEN: THE DUKE’S SURPRISE
CHAPTER ELEVEN: DREARY VISTA
CHAPTER TWELVE: THE SAILOR-KING
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: CHARLESTON
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: STRIPES? WHAT STRIPES?
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE TAVERN OF DESTINY
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: ORDEAL BY FIRE
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: THE GLORIOUS BAREFOOT SOLDIERS
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: GENERAL KAYEWLA
CHAPTER NINETEEN: A DISAPPOINTMENT ARRIVES BY SEA
CHAPTER TWENTY: A VERY PAMPERED PRISONER
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: THE INDIAN SUMMER OF VICTORY
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: FROM ANIMAL FLUID TO ELASTIC SHOES
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: KINGS FOR EVERY TASTE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: EXCESS POWER, EXCESS APPETITE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: WAS THE EDIFICE THAT WORM-EATEN?
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: THE “FAIR-HAIRED BOY”
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: GENERAL MORPHEUS
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: THE LAST FESTIVAL
CHAPTER THIRTY: IMPOSSIBLE DUO
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: THE INTERRUPTED GAME
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: A VICTORY OR AN ENIGMA?
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: A RETURN TO FRANCE ON TIPTOES
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: THE PLEASURE OF SAYING NO
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: THE INGLORIOUS RETURN OF A DYNASTY
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: WHEN WORDS GIVE WAY TO SILENCE
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: A REGICIDE AT THE SERVICE OF THE KING
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: ON THE FRAGILITY OF CONSPIRACIES
CHAPTER FORTY: “WHAT BETTER PLACE TO BE THAN IN THE BOSOM OF ONE’S FAMILY”
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE: WHEN HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO: THE SEASON OF FAREWELLS
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE: LAFAYETTE, EXEMPLARY FREEMASON

CONCLUSION
APPENDICES
MAJOR DATES IN THE LIFE OF LAFAYETTE