Preface............................... ix
I. Warriors and Wild Beasts.............. 1
II. Educating a Marquis................... 9
III. A New King............................ 19
IV. An Unruly Courtier.................... 29
V. Leading a Double Life................. 39
VI. A Sea-turn............................ 48
VII. An American Pilgrimage................ 57
VIII. An Astonishing Reception.............. 64
IX. Proving Himself a Soldier............. 72
X. Letters............................... 81
XI. A Fool's Errand....................... 91
XII. Farce and Treachery................... 104
XIII. A Liaison Officer..................... 113
XIV. Near-mutiny and near-imprisonment..... 122
XV. Help--and Disappointment.............. 129
XVI. Black Treachery....................... 139
XVII. Preparing for the Last Act............ 149
XVIII. Yorktown.............................. 158
XIX. "The Wine of Honor"................... 168
XX. The Passing of Old France............. 180
XXI. The Tricolor.......................... 191
XXII. The Sans-culottes..................... 200
XXIII. Popularity and Prison................. 208
XXIV. South Carolina to the Rescue!......... 221
XXV. Volunteers in Misfortune.............. 235
XXVI. Exiles................................ 246
XXVII. A Grateful Republic................... 258
XXVIII. Leave-takings......................... 269
XXIX. President--or King-maker.............. 276
XXX. Seventy-six Years Young............... 289
Index................................. 301