Description: HERO OF TWO WORLDS By Mike Duncan An Great Gift Idea ! - for a friend - or just for yourself ! PublicAffairs, New York, 2021. Hardcover. SIGNED! SIGNED! SIGNED! Beautiful, Like New! Stated First Edition, Stated First Printing! Signed in person by Mike Duncan directly on the full title page. (NOT signed to anyone) NOT SIGNED ON BLANK PUBLISHER'S TIPPED-IN PAGE!! Book is in Fine, Like New Condition and Unread. Opened only to be signed. No marks, no inscriptions. Dust jacket is Like New, NOT price-clipped, in a removable proteective mylar cover. A Must Have For Any Mike Duncan or History Fan !! ~ A BEAUTIFUL AUTOGRAPHED FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING FOR COLLECTORS ~ From the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes the thrilling story of the Marquis de Lafayette’s lifelong quest to defend the principles of liberty and equality A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA #1 ABA INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE BESTSELLER Few in history can match the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette. Over fifty incredible years at the heart of the Age of Revolution, he fought courageously on both sides of the Atlantic. He was a soldier, statesman, idealist, philanthropist, and abolitionist. As a teenager, Lafayette ran away from France to join the American Revolution. Returning home a national hero, he helped launch the French Revolution, eventually spending five years locked in dungeon prisons. After his release, Lafayette sparred with Napoleon, joined an underground conspiracy to overthrow King Louis XVIII, and became an international symbol of liberty. Finally, as a revered elder statesman, he was instrumental in the overthrow of the Bourbon Dynasty in the Revolution of 1830. From enthusiastic youth to world-weary old age, from the pinnacle of glory to the depths of despair, Lafayette never stopped fighting for the rights of all mankind. His remarkable life is the story of where we come from, and an inspiration to defend the ideals he held dear.Reviews “My favorite history book I’ve read this year so far!"―Jeff Glor, CBS This Morning: Saturday “Pleasingly informal….Duncan’s biography is written in a loose, colloquial style that sometimes startles with its informality but more often delights with its directness.”―Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker “Mr. Duncan’s ‘Hero of Two Worlds’ offers, in readable prose, much informative description alongside measured interpretation. The author’s sympathetic yet balanced and sensible rendering, some may think, mirrors Lafayette’s eventful life in a revolutionary age.”―The Wall Street Journal “[I]n an age of self-indulgent polemics, deranged conspiracy theories, and pervasive disinformation, to listen to Duncan while washing dishes or folding laundry is to believe that facts are knowable, that historical events of immense complexity can be made legible, and—to attempt to answer the question with which I started this review—that history is made neither by singular individuals nor by social forces, but by the idiosyncratic interplay of decisions within well-placed vanguard classes….This is the kind of detail-oriented storytelling that Duncan excels at.”―The New Republic “An immensely compelling biography of Lafayette and a disquisition on the limits of bourgeois liberalism.”―Jamelle Bouie, The New York Times “Mike Duncan has dug deep into the world of revolutions, and the richness of detail in this book is beguiling. But Mike’s superpower is his storytelling skill. Hero Of Two Worlds hooks you from page one with humor, a sly perspective and a page turning narrative drive worthy of a life like Lafayette’s.”―Rian Johnson, award-winning filmmaker “Duncan displays impressive skill in keeping his Lafayette an admirable figure…. An outstanding account of an almost impossibly eventful life.” ―Kirkus Reviews, starred “Engrossing… Duncan effectively balances Lafayette the man with Lafayette the public figure and helps delineate the relationship between the United States and France….His impressive biography provides an insightful look at the American Revolution that can be appreciated by history lovers and general readers alike.”―BookPage "Mike Duncan’s excellent, well-researched book portrays Lafayette’s extraordinary life as a fascinating, transatlantic drama with three great revolutions and transitional interludes that carry the reader through seven explosive decades of historical change. The hero of this drama plays starring public roles in the American Revolution and the French Revolutions of 1789 and 1830. But Duncan weaves the people, conflicts, and legacies of these vast public events into stories about a personal life that was always entangled with complex family networks and multi-generational friendships as well as a loving marriage and emotionally-charged relationships with other women."―Lloyd Kramer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and author of Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolutions About the AuthorMike Duncan is one of the most popular history podcasters in the world and author of the New York Times–bestselling book, The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic. His award-winning series, The History of Rome, remains a legendary landmark in the history of podcasting. Duncan’s ongoing series, Revolutions, explores the great political revolutions that have driven the course of modern history.PLEASE NOTE: we have several signed copies of this book, and the signature you receive may vary slightly from the one pictured.Please Check out my other items! **** FREE PRIORITY MAIL SHIPPING TO U.S. RESIDENTS **** Shipping & Handling: Standard shipping to U.S. buyers is via USPS Priority Mail (Estimated delivery time according to USPS is about 2-5 business days). Express Mail is available upon request for additional fees. International rates may be higher depending on destination. Please email questions. All books are padded securely in bubble wrap and boxed to prevent damage. Payments: We accept PayPal. (Please note that if payment is made by echeck, shipping will be delayed until echeck is cleared). All items must be paid for within 5 days or will be re-listed.
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Book Title: Hero of Two Worlds
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