Occitan People - Henry IV of France, Richard I of England, Charles XIV John of Sweden, Frederic Bazille, Theophile Gautier, Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Andre Massena, Raymond of Poitiers, Joachim Murat, Pierre de Fermat (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 62. Chapters: Henry IV of France, Richard I of England, Charles XIV John of Sweden, Frederic Bazille, Theophile Gautier, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, Andre Massena, Raymond of Poitiers, Joachim Murat, Pierre de Fermat, Jean Jacques Regis de Cambaceres, Adolphe Nourrit, Rene Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Pierre Antoine Noel Bruno, comte Daru, Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, Joseph Canteloube, Antipope Gregory VIII, Pierre-Joseph Cambon, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantome, Bernard Saisset, Jean Maximilien Lamarque, Raymond Deseze, Gilbert Romme, Francois de la Chaise, Sebastien Bourdon, Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, Pierre Crozat, Geoffrey I of Provence, William I of Provence, Jean Galbert de Campistron, Felix of Aquitaine, Antoine Crozat, Joan Pau Verdier, Leibulf of Provence, Germa de Gontaut. Excerpt: Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (French pronunciation: 6 September 1757 - 20 May 1834), often known as simply Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer born in Chavaniac, in the province of Auvergne in south central France. Lafayette was a general in the American Revolutionary War and a leader of the Garde nationale during the French Revolution. In the American Revolution, Lafayette served as a major-general in the Continental Army under George Washington. Wounded during the Battle of Brandywine, he still managed to organize a successful retreat. He served with distinction in the Battle of Rhode Island. In the middle of the war he returned to France to negotiate an increase in French support. On his return, he blocked troops led by Cornwallis at Yorktown while the armies of Washington and those sent by King Louis XVI under the command of general de Rochambeau, admiral de Grasse, and admiral de Latouche Treville prepared for battle against...