"I found Mr. Unger's book exceptionally well done. It's an admirable account of the marquis's two revolutions-one might even say his two lives-the French and the American. It also captures the private Lafayette and his remarkable wife, Adrienne, in often moving detail."
-Thomas Fleming, author, Liberty!: The American Revolution

"To American readers Unger's biography will provide a stark reminder of just how near run a thing was our War of Independence and the degree to which our forefathers' victory hinged on the help of our French allies, marshalled for George Washington by his `adopted' son, Lafayette."
-Larry Collins, coauthor, Is Paris Burning? and O Jerusalem!

"Harlow Unger has cornered the market on muses to emerge as America's most readable historian. His new biography of the marquis de Lafayette combines a thoroughgoing account of the age of revolution, a probing psychological study of a complex man, and a literary style that goes down like cream."
-Florence King, Contributing Editor, National Review

*Selected as Best Book of 2002 by both the American Revolution Round Table of New York and the Fraunces Tavern Museum [close]