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Turn: Washington's Spies (originally titled Turn and stylized as TURŠ: Washington's Spies) is an American period drama television series based on Alexander Rose's book Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring (2007), [3] a history of the Culper Ring. [4]
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Lafayette in the Somewhat United States is a 2015 non-fiction book written by Sarah Vowell [1] about the travels of the American and French revolutionary Marquis de Lafayette in early America. See also
Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution is a 2021 biography of Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette by American history podcaster and author Mike Duncan. It covers Lafayette's life and times and the significant role he played in the American Revolution , French Revolution , and July Revolution of 1830 .
Charles Bernard Nordhoff (February 1, 1887 – April 10, 1947) was an American novelist and traveler, born in England. Nordhoff is perhaps best known for The Bounty Trilogy, three historical novels he wrote with James Norman Hall: Mutiny on the Bounty (1932), Men Against the Sea (1934) and Pitcairn's Island (1934). [1]
André-Nicolas Levasseur (also known as Auguste Levasseur) was a 19th-century French writer and diplomat known in the United States for accompanying the Marquis de La Fayette during his last trip to the Americas and in the Caribbean and Mexico for his involvement in French imperialism.
Allmovie wrote, "the story of a Frenchman who fought to liberate the American colonies from British rule is colorfully brought to the screen...Orson Welles gives a memorable performance as Benjamin Franklin"; [4] while TV Guide found "the picture is weighed down by its need for spectacle, and displays little grace in its presentation.
Fazenda was born in her maternal grandparents' house in Lafayette, Indiana, [2] the daughter of merchandise broker Joseph A. Fazenda, who was born in Mexico, and Nelda T. Schilling Fazenda, a Chicago native. She was of Portuguese, French, and Italian descent on her father's side and of German descent on her mother's.