The American Revolution was not won by Americans alone.
Marking the 250th anniversary of the alliance
At the heart of the book is the friendship between George Washington and François-Jean de Chastellux — a French officer, philosopher, and soldier who became one of Washington’s closest confidants during the war.
Drawn from unpublished letters, diaries, and military papers, it traces the trust, friendship, and collaboration between two nations — and the victory that secured American independence.
Pages of unpublished Chastellux papers, preserved for centuries in the family château and never systematically studied.
Unpublished letters from Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and Lafayette surface among the archives.
An alliance that was not only military but cultural, intellectual, and scientific — traced across two continents.
Among the papers: unpublished letters from Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and Lafayette, sitting alongside military reports and Enlightenment notes.
The book follows the archival trail across France and the United States — telling the discovery itself as a human story.
