1919. With 26 illustrations. The Marquis de Lafayette was a French statesman and soldier. He helped the Americans fight for their independence during the Revolutionary War and he was a prominent leader in the early stages of the French Revolution. His beliefs cost him his social status, fortune and even his freedom. Contents: At Chavaniac-A Lordling of Auvergne; College, Court, Camp; For Human Rights-The American Revolution; Campaigning in America; Before the Outbreak; Lafayette in the French Revolution; His Crisis and His Critics; Five Years in Dungeon Depths; In Napoleon's Time; The Great Tour-5000 Miles in America; His Last Revolution (1830); and At La Grange-Last Days.