For liberty and glory: Washington, Lafayette, and their revolutions

James R. Gaines

W. W. Norton & Company, 2007 - History - 533 pages

On April 18, 1775, a riot over the price of flour broke out in the French city of Dijon. That night, across the Atlantic, Paul Revere mounted the fastest horse he could find and kicked it into a gallop.

So began what have been called the "sister revolutions" of France and America. In a single, thrilling narrative, this book tells the story of those revolutions and shows just how deeply intertwined they actually were. Their leaders, George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, were often seen as father and son, but their relationship, while close, was every bit as complex as the long, fraught history of the French-American alliance. Vain, tough, ambitious, they strove to shape their characters and records into the form they wanted history to remember. James R. Gaines provides fascinating insights into these personal transformations and is equally brilliant at showing the extraordinary effect of the two "freedom fighters" on subsequent history.

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On April 18, 1775, a riot over the price of flour broke out in the French city of Dijon. That night, across the Atlantic, Paul Revere mounted the fastest horse he could find and kicked it into a ...

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“Washington, Lafayette, and others like them foreswore religious faith not from reading or thinking deeply about the matter (asked why the Constitution did not invoke God, Hamilton supposedly said ...

About the author

James R. Gaines has been the editor of several magazines, including Time and People , and is also the author of Evening in the Palace of Reason . He lives with his family in Paris.

Bibliographic information

• Title: For liberty and glory: Washington, Lafayette, and their revolutions
• Author: James R. Gaines
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007
• ISBN: 0393061388, 9780393061383
• Length: 533 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / France; History / Military / General; History / Revolutionary; History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)