![]() ![]() ![]() She is the embodiment of “Republican Motherhood” in that she carries on as a strong mother while her husband is away, elevates her family name and legacy, and drives her own life according to that of her husband. ![]() She has fierce, almost blind, loyalty to her husband despite his mistakes. Although politically savy, opinionated, and relatively open-minded, Adrienne is still very much a woman of her time. In the 18th-century, we follow Adrienne de La Fayette (nee Noailles,) who at the age of 15 married Gilbert du Motier, or the Marquis de Lafayette, just a few years before he earned worldwide fame and glory for his participation in the American Revolution. The Women of Cheateau Lafayette weaves their lives together the women bound by the Chateau Chavaniac-Lafayette, the home of American Revolution war hero the Marquis de Lafayette. Stephanie Dray does it again with this epic gem of a historical fiction novel highlighting three amazing women. ![]()
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