Lafayette accompanies Washington and the Continental Army at their winter encampment at Valley Forge. During this time, he finds himself entangled in a series of political intrigues and inconclusive military actions that threaten to shake his faith in the American cause. 

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Bibliography

Auricchio, Laura. The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered. Vintage Books, 2015.

Babeau, Emile and Maurice de la Fuye. The Apostle of Liberty: A Life of Lafayette. Thames and Hudson, 1956. 

Duncan, Mike. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. Hachette Book Group, 2021. 

Israel, Jonathan. The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848. Princeton University Press, 2011. 

Schama, Simon. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. 

Unger, Harlow Giles. Lafayette. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002.

Woodward, W.E. Lafayette. Farrar & Rinehart, 1938.

Cover Image: Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De Lafayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791. Painting by Joseph-Désiré Court, 1834.

Closing theme: "Ça Ira" (It will be fine)- popular song from the French Revolution.