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Description The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered by Laura Auricchio Knopf October 2014 ISBN-10: 0307267555 ePUB 25.3 mb http://www.amazon.com/Marqui...aura-Auricchio/dp/0307267555 A major biography of the Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolution, who, at age nineteen, volunteered to fight under George Washington; a biography that looks past the storybook hero and selfless champion of righteous causes who cast aside family and fortune to advance the transcendent aims of liberty and justice commemorated in America’s towns, streets, parks, and schools named after the French nobleman. Laura Auricchio gives us a rich portrait of the man, fully revealed, a man driven by dreams of glory and felled by tragic, human weaknesses. Auricchio, drawing on substantial new research conducted in libraries, archives, museums, and private homes in France and the United States, gives us history on a grand scale as she answers these crucial questions, revealing the man and his complex life, and challenging and exploring the complicated myths that have surrounded his name for more than two centuries. About the Author  Laura Auricchio, PhD in Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University Chair of Humanities, The New School for Public Engagement; Associate Professor of Art History, Parsons The New School for Design Laura Auricchio’s areas of interest include 18th-century French and American studies, 18th-century visual culture, contemporary art, and gender studies. She is the author of the peer-reviewed book Adélaïde Labille-Guiard: Artist in the Age of Revolution (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2009) and has published peer-reviewed articles in Art Bulletin, Art Journal, Eighteenth-Century Studies, and Genders. CONTENTS PART ONE: FROM PROVINCE TO PARIS Chapter 1. Family Pride Chapter 2. The Outsider Chapter 3. Les Insurgents PART TWO: AMERICAN PATRIOT Chapter 4. First Impressions Chapter 5. Disenchantment Chapter 6. Alliances Chapter 7. Homecomings Chapter 8. Honor Chapter 9. 1784 Chapter 10. An “American” Nobleman in Paris PART THREE: FRENCH REFORMER Chapter 11. A Political Education Chapter 12. Rights of Man Chapter 13. A Storybook Hero Chapter 14. “I Reign in Paris” Chapter 15. Triumph Chapter 16. Unflattering Portraits Chapter 17. Downfalls PART FOUR: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS Chapter 18. Exile Chapter 19. Homages Chapter 20. Picpus Sharing Widget |
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