America's Favorite Fighting Frenchman: Lafayette

Why did a French-born aristocrat volunteer (without pay) to fight for the Americans during the Revolutionary War? And what happened when the Marquis de Lafayette returned to France to fight in its revolution? And is his name really Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette?!  This episode is all about Lafayette, including his Era's Tour return to America decades after the revolution.  GUEST: Lloyd Kramer, historian and author of the book Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of RevolutionsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.