![]() ![]() The novel centers around two real-life figures and one composite character: Adrienne, whose story begins in 1774 Beatrice Chanler, an Aston by marriage who in 1914 wants America to fight on France’s behalf during World War I and Marthe Simone, a French woman in 1940 whose life is changed by the Nazi occupation. While he’s credited as one of the founding fathers of liberty in both the United States and France, Lafayette’s wife, Adrienne, may have done just as much as her husband for the cause of freedom. ![]() Dray, whose most well-known book might be My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, seems to have been inspired by her research on Alexander Hamilton to delve more deeply into the life of his friend and comrade-in-arms, the Marquis de Lafayette. The Women of Chateau Lafayette is historical fiction author Stephanie Dray’s latest offering, and it may be her broadest and most sweeping work yet. But the more one learns about history, the more it seems that humans are doomed to repeat it regardless. ![]() It’s a common phrase, attributed to several 20th century statesmen, including Winston Churchill. Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. ![]()
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