A Novel of Lafayette

The book describes life in the country and at Versailles under king Louis XV and Louis XVI. It describes the ideas that circulate during the Enlightenment in the literary salons and the Masonic lodges which Lafayette frequented. We meet Silas Deane and Franklin, follow Lafayette's rogue flight to America and his difficult first months in America before meeting Washington. The book details the many battles of the Revolution and Lafayette's key role in them, especially in Virginia and Yorktown. It