Marquis de Lafayette Part 3: Winter of Discontent

Marquis de Lafayette
Written By Willem Conner

Cover Image: Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De Lafayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791. Painting by Joseph-Désiré Court, 1834.

Closing theme: "Ça Ira" (It will be fine)- popular song from the French Revolution.

Lafayette accompanies Washington and the Continental Army at their winter encampment at Valley Forge. During this time, he finds himself entangled in a series of political intrigues and inconclusive military actions that threaten to shake his faith in the American cause.

Willem Conner
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