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Description of  The Road to Yorktown: The French Campaigns in the American Revolution, 1780-1783, by Louis-Fran ois-Bertrand du Pont d Aubevoye, comte de Lauberdi re

The fate of the American Revolution had yet to be decided when a remarkable 21-year-old Frenchman arrived in America. Louis-Franois-Bertrand, the Count of Lauberdire, belonged to an old noble family that traced its heritage back to the Crusades. His father, Franois-Charles-Mathieu, was musketeer of the guard of King Louis XV. More important, his uncle was General Rochambeau, the commander of all French forces in America. The Count of Lauberdire kept one of the most remarkable diaries of the entire war, and it is published here for the first time as Read more