The Adopted Son

Adopted Son

They were unlikely comrades-in-arms. One was a self-taught, middle-aged Virginia planter in charge of a ragtag army of revolutionaries, the other a rich, glory-seeking teenage French aristocrat. But the childless Washington and the orphaned Lafayette forged a bond between them as strong as any between father and son. It was an unbreakable trust that saw them through betrayals, shifting political alliances, and the trials of war. Lafayette came to America a rebellious youth whose defiance of his king made him a celebrity in France. His money and connections attracted the favor of the Continental Congress, which advised Washington to keep the exuberant Marquis from getting himself killed. But when the boy-general was wounded in his first battle, he became a hero of two countries. As the war ground on, Washington found in his young charge the makings of a courageous and talented commander whose loyalty, generosity, and eagerness to please his Commander in Chief made him one of the war’s most effective and inspired generals. Lafayette’s hounding of Cornwallis’s army was the perfect demonstration of Washington’s unconventional “bush-fighting” tactics, and led to the British surrender at Yorktown. Their friendship continued throughout their lives. Lafayette inspired widespread French support for a struggling young America and personally influenced Washington’s antislavery views. Washington’s enduring example as general and statesman guided Lafayette during France’s own revolution years later. Using personal letters and other key historical documents, Adopted Son offers a rare glimpse of the American Revolution through the friendship between Washington and Lafayette. It offers dramatic accounts of battles and intimate portraits of such major figures as Alexander Hamilton, Benedict Arnold, and Benjamin Franklin. The result is a remarkable, little-known epic of friendship, revolution, and the birth of a nation.

The Adopted Son

Can death be stalking the only remaining heir to the Carlson fortune? If the death of her brother was not a suicide and the death of her mother and father was not an accident, could her own death be the next step in a plot to eliminate her family? Megan Carlson is a young woman trying to solve a mystery that could threaten her life. Can she find the missing pieces to the puzzle before the stalker ends the game? Each of the people who love Megan hold a part of the puzzle that can solve the mystery, but years of secrets have locked them into silence. An old friend of the family is the only person who knows the biggest secret about The Adopted Son. Sometimes what you don't know can be deadly. The remarkable twists in the plot of "The Adopted Son" compel the reader to rush to the end to discover who survives this remarkable game of cat and mouse. The cat or the mouse?

The Adopted Son