Article: Lafayette and the Liberal Idea: 1814-1824, Politics and Conspiracy in an Age of Reaction.

In Lafayette and the Liberal Ideal 1814-1824 Sylvia Neely sets out to clarify the brand of liberalism Lafayette stood for, to explain how early Restoration politics actually worked, and to examine the international context of French liberal opposition. She succeeds in all three regards. Lafayette's centrality to the period comes as no surprise; yet remarkably Neely is the first author to give the general the systematic study he deserves. Better yet Neely's extensive knowledge of the Restoration enables her to use Lafayette's correspondence to shed much light on matters previously only partially understood.

Lafayette emerges as a consistent radical, a champion of ...

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