Who was Marquis de Lafayette? with Mike Duncan
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The Dude of Brandy Wine
Lafayette is a really likable dude, and that at least on the colony side. And there is a affection comrodery, like he is taken into this circle because of who he is and what his name it is in whis connections. The reason he stays in the tent is because he does all these little things. He's just learning how speak english. But most french officers who came over just assumed that anybody who was educated would be able to speak fluent french. At the battle of brandy wine, lafayette runs towards the battle, not away from battle. When he is ordered to retreat along with everybody else, he takes it upon himself to rally quite a chaotic
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