I thought the informational value in this book was very good the entire book gives you the reader the details of how the war started and how it was fought. It also tells you of how the newly made weapons modernized the battles fought. The creation of the machine gun made it easier to defend a poi...
Russell Freedman is really a master of re-telling history. This time the Marquis de Lafayette is his topic and I loved learning the fascinating story of this Revolutionary hero. The tale is interspersed with lots of pictures (as Freedman is wont to do), and the narrative is sprinkled with great ...