Young Lafayette (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jeanette Eaton
- First Published: 1932
- Time of Work: 1757–1784
- Setting: France, England, South Carolina, Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Maryland
- Principal Characters: Marquis de Lafayette (Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier), General George Washington, Baron de Kalb, General Comte de Rochambeau
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Family or family life, France or French people, Leadership, American Revolution, War, Eighteenth century, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Military life or service, Biography
- Locales: Virginia, France, New York, England, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Maryland, Massachusetts
Form and Content
In Young Lafayette, Jeanette Eaton presents the story of the young French nobleman Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, who, from an early age, was captivated by the ideal of liberty. Born in 1757, he inherited his title before the age of three, upon the death of his father in the Seven Years’ War. Young Gilbert, as he was called, lived until the age of eleven far from court in the château of his paternal grandmother. Then, in 1768, Gilbert Lafayette was taken to Paris to live with his mother and her relatives, the...
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