{"product_id":"revolutionary-brothers-thomas-jefferson","title":"Revolutionary Brothers: Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Layfayette","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette shared a singularly extraordinary friendship, one involved in the making of two revolutions—and two nations. Jefferson first met Lafayette in 1781, when the young French-born general was dispatched to Virginia to assist Jefferson, then the state's governor, in fighting off the British. The charismatic Lafayette, hungry for glory, could not have seemed more different from Jefferson, the reserved statesman. But when Jefferson, a newly-appointed diplomat, moved to Paris three years later, speaking little French and in need of a partner, their friendship began in earnest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJefferson counseled Lafayette as he drafted \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Declaration of the Rights of Man\u003c\/span\u003e and remained a firm supporter of the French Revolution, even after he returned to America in 1789. By 1792, however, the upheaval had rendered Lafayette a man without a country, locked away in a succession of Austrian and Prussian prisons. The burden fell on Jefferson, along with Lafayette's other friends, to win his release. The two would not see each other again until 1824, in a powerful and emotional reunion at Jefferson's Monticello.  Paperback, 560 pages. Written by Tom Chaffin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Congress Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48342192554225,"sku":"21110070","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/2009\/files\/revbros.jpg?v=1782159774","url":"https:\/\/library-of-congress-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/revolutionary-brothers-thomas-jefferson","provider":"Library of Congress Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}