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Average rating4.1
An insightful and unconventional account of George Washington's trusted officer and friend, that swashbuckling teenage French aristocrat the Marquis de Lafayette. Chronicling General Lafayette's years in Washington's army, Vowell reflects on the idea
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Loved the reading in the audio version of this, especially Nick Offerman as Washington and John Slattery as Lafayette. Probably learned more about specifics of the Revolutionary War than ... ever?
This is less a biography and more an irreverent overview of the American Revolution. The middle third of the book hardly mentions Lafayette it seems. It does provide a good overview of French intervention in the Revolutionary War.
Disappointing. Vowell tells us about travelling to various places while researching this book which seems like a lot of trouble given how little information she conveys about her purported subject.