Outlines of the Principal Events in the Life of General Lafayette: From the North American Review (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Inhaltsangabe

Excerpt from Outlines of the Principal Events in the Life of General Lafayette: From the North American Review

The family of General Lafayette has long been distinguished in the history of France. As early as 1422, the Marshal de' Lafayette defeated and killed the Duke of Clarence at Beauge, and thus saved his country from falling entirely into the power of Henry Fifth, of England. Another 'of his ancestors, though not in the direct line, Madamede Lafayette, the intimate friend and correspondent of lviadame de Sevigne, and one of the most brilliant ornaments of the court of Louis Fourteenth, Was the first person Who ever wrote a romance, relying for its success on domestic char acter, and thus became the founder of the most popular department in modern literature. His father fell in the battle of Miinden, and therefore survived the birth of his son only two years.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.