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Hero of Two Worlds

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Hero of Two Worlds
Full titleHero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
AuthorMike Duncan
Published2021
Pages400
RecommendedOnce
BuyAmazon
Why it’s on the listLafayette across fifty years and two revolutions — Washington’s aide at nineteen, commander of the French National Guard at thirty-two, imprisoned, exiled, and back on the barricades in 1830. Mike Duncan (of The History of Rome and Revolutions) writing his first full biography.

Where I heard about it

  • Replies to @typesfast — named twice in the replies to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025. The full list from that thread lives on What’s the best history book… (tweet).

Connections

  • What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
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