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Ben Franklin's world is a production of the

Omaha Institute and is sponsored by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Hello and welcome to episode 313 of Ben Franklin's world. The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our early American past have shaped the present day world we live in.

And I'm your host, Liz Kovart. have shaped the present day world we live in.

And I'm your host, Liz Kovart.

You know that America's favorite fighting Frenchman

is a Marquis to Lafayette.

But what do we really know about Lafayette in his life?

How and why did this French-born noble

end up fighting in the scrappy ragtag continental army

during the American War for Independence?

Mike Duncan, the historian behind the award-winning podcast The History of Rome and the popular history podcast's revolutions,

has written a book about Lafayette called Hero of Two Worlds,

the Marquette in the Age of Revolution.

And Mike joins us today to help us investigate the life of the Marquita Lafayette and gain some answers to our questions.

Now during our investigation, Mike reveals the important

role classical political thought and theory played in the age of revolutions and in Lafayette's

political thinking. Details about Lafayette's early life and education as a French noble.

And how and why the Marquette became involved in two revolutions,

the American Revolution and the French Revolution. But first, what are you doing

on Thursday, October 28 at 6.30 p.m. Eastern? On Thursday, October 28, I'll be participating in a virtual program called Inside Ben Franklin's

World, a conversation with Liz Kovart.

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