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Aug 2021
48m 46s

Mike Duncan on the Marquis de Lafayette ...

Wondery / Patrick Wyman
About this episode
Bestselling author and history podcaster extraordinaire Mike Duncan returns to Tides to talk about his new book, Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. It’s a wonderful book about a fascinating character who lived through and shaped impossibly eventful times, and I highly recommend both it and Mike’s other work. Get Hero of T ... Show More
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