Monday, October 25, 2010
My new hobby/endeavor
I have put in some thought as to what I am interested in pursuing. I am interested in people in history and I think I will pursue this however many months ago I wanted to conduct in-depth research about a person I find important and interesting. I think that my research will suit this blog and discussion between us. I want to seriously research the Marquis de Lafayette. He was French and American and I want to read his writings and better understand his contributions to both France and the United States. I am quite interested in this and now that I have made it known, I will have to begin...
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That sounds interesting, I read a book on him that went out a few years ago. It was written by Gonzague Saint Bris but it seemed to be a bit novelised, it was "slightly" annoying by the end. The commentary on the english version are disappointed.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.amazon.com/Lafayette-Revolution-Gonzague-Saint-Bris/dp/1605980870
i ve also checked this one but it seems crap too, as in "silghtly" biaised and anti-french.
http://www.amazon.com/Lafayette-Harlow-Giles-Unger/dp/0471468851/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288078039&sr=1-1
but i guess you can start with his memoirs..
http://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Correspondence-Manuscripts-General-Lafayette/dp/1426429193/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288078039&sr=1-9
Though, I never heard a lot about his writings; I thought he was more a man of action.
as a sidenote, you can allow commentaries in the "post options" link before you post
the trouble with these posts is that, as you said it, now we have made it known, it is time to write hehe
PS: maybe after this one, you could do one on de Gaulle ;=)