• milkisklim@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I am not disagreeing, just that it was more symbolic than liberating. I just finished reading Mike Duncan’s biography on Lafayette and he goes into the causes and perceptions of the Revolution. Lafayette was eventually given a key to the Bastille that he passed on to Washington

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      2 days ago

      Oh neat! Most of what I know is my recollections from the Revolutions podcast. I haven’t read Citizen Lafayette yet

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        1 day ago

        It’s pretty good! Duncan gets to be very narrow since he doesn’t have to skip between all the factions, but you get the highlights since Lafayette was almost always there whenever Destiny occurs.

        It’s about 18 hour IIRC in audiobook format for that classic podcast feel.