For Liberty and Glory

"This is history that's hard to put down.... A fascinating portrait of two remarkable men into a vivid evocation of an era." -- Robert A. Caro, author of Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson On April 18, 1775, a riot over the price of flour broke out in the French city of Dijon. That night, across the Atlantic, Paul Revere mounted the fastest horse he could find and kicked it into a gallop. So began what have been called the "sister revolutions" of France and America. In a single, thrilling narrative, this book tells the story of those revolutions and shows just how deeply intertwined they actually were. Their leaders, George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, were often seen as father and son, but their relationship, while close, was every bit as complex as the long, fraught history of the French-American alliance. Vain, tough, ambitious, they strove to shape their characters and records into the form they wanted history to remember. James R. Gaines provides fascinating insights into these personal transformations and is equally brilliant at showing the extraordinary effect of the two "freedom fighters"on subsequent history. "[An] entertaining guide to the fascinating and intertwined lives of George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette.... Highly readable." -- Ron Chernow, author of Alexander Hamilton James R. Gaines is a former managing editor of Time, Life, and People magazines and the author of several books, including Wit's End: Days and Nights of the Algonquin Round Table and Evening in the Palace of Reason. He lives in Paris. Norman Dietz was named one of AudioFile magazine's fifty Best Voices of the Century, and several of his recordings have been AudioFile Earphones Award winners. He has recorded over 100 audiobooks, including Power, Faith, and Fantasy by Michael B. Oren and Peeling the Onion by Ganter Grass.