Iris de Rode is a historian specializing in the French contribution to the American Revolution. Her research uncovers unpublished manuscripts, forgotten correspondence, and overlooked individuals to reveal how the Franco-American alliance shaped the birth of the United States.
Through books, archival research, documentaries, museum collaborations, and public lectures, she brings newly discovered stories from the archives to a broad audience.
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6,000+ unpublished papers, a prize-winning biography, and a forgotten alliance recovered.
The award-winning Chastellux biography and the editions that grew from the archive.
Washington & the Chevalier – the alliance’s inner story, in English. Get an early look.
Featured historian in Ken Burns’ The American Revolution on PBS.
How a rediscovered letter reframed the Franco-American alliance.
The strategy behind the decisive victory at Yorktown, 1781.
Coming in 2028. An untold history of the Franco-American alliance and the people who secured American independence.
