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Marquis de Lafayette

The Large Hearts of Heroes

Motier Marquiss

by Jack Kelly

On the Fourth of July 1825, Gilbert du Motier, known universally as Lafayette,…
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Revolutionary Brothers: “Your Name Here Is Held In Veneration”

by Tom Chaffin

In our fourth excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers, the Marquis de Lafayette returns to…
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Revolutionary Brothers: “No One Better Situated”

by Tom Chaffin

In our third featured excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers, the Continental Army celebrates the…
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Revolutionary Brothers: “To Learn, and Not to Teach”

by Tom Chaffin

In Tom Chaffin's second excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers, the Marquis de Lafayette inspects…
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Revolutionary Brothers: “Flattered by the Command”

by Tom Chaffin

In the first of five excerpts from Revolutionary Brothers, Tom Chaffin chronicles Thomas…
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Marquis de Lafayette

Daniel Boone’s Last Days

by Tom Clavin

On September 26, 1820, legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone died at the extraordinary age…
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I Hope You Are of Our Party: Fidelity and Betrayal

by Jack Kelly

Shakespeare, of course, wrote acclaimed plays about history. But sometimes history takes the…
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An American Hero Lost to History

Flee North by Scott Shane is a riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer…
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The Incredible Adventures of Two Sister Ships

by Nev March

The Spanish Diplomat’s Secret, the third book in my Captain Jim and Lady…
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Hold the Hill

by Tom Clavin

The Last Hill by Bob Drury and yours truly covers the dramatic campaigns…
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Revolutionary Bad Boy: Benedict Arnold, Treason, and Trust

by Jack Kelly

It was said about Benedict Arnold that he never did anything by halves.…
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The Tide of War

by Uri Kaufman

Some years, like 1776 and 1939, need no introduction; their reputations travel before…
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Capturing the Cross

by Tom Clavin

This year is the 150th anniversary of the taking of one of the…
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