TY - BOOK AU - Gaines, James R. TI - For liberty and glory: Washington, Lafayette, and their revolutions SN - 9780393061383 AV - E 312.25 .G127 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton & Co. KW - Presidents KW - United States KW - Statesmen KW - France N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [487]-498) and index; The quest for glory -- Lexington and Versailles -- Endgames of the old regime -- La Victoire -- To Brandywine -- Another kind of crucible -- Enter France -- The beauty of a draw -- Showing their colors -- The ally and the traitor -- Into Virginia -- Yorktown -- The dark side of liberty -- Entr'acte -- Movements west and left -- Forms of bankruptcy -- Two conventions -- First blood -- Experiments in democracy -- Acts of defiance -- The spring of 1789 -- Come the revolution -- Front lines -- Works of the guillotine -- Between Scylla and Charybdis -- Farewells -- Epilogue N2 - In a single, thrilling narrative, Gaines tells the story of the American and French Revolutions--and their leaders--and provides fascinating insights into George Washington and Marquis de Lafayette and their personal transformations. www.alibris.com ER -