Lauzun, Armand L. de Gontaut, Le duc de:

$500 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

MEMOIRES DE M. LE DUC DE LAUZUN. Second edition, printed the same year as the first. A detailed account of Lauzun's amorous adventures at the French court, including an affair with Marie Antoinette, and his services in Connecticut, Yorktown and New York under the command of Rochambeau. After attaining high rank in the French revolutionary army he was "railroaded" to and died at the guillotine in 1793. An earlier edition of 1821 is rumored to exist, though no copies have been found according to Howes. Includes notes on Gen. Washington.

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