The Lafayette Circle

A story to celebrate the bicentennial of Lafayette's Farewell Tour!When Lafayette, at the invitation of President Monroe, visited the United States in 1824 through 1825, the reaction of widespread adulation for the Guest of The Nation, the Hero of Two Worlds, was amazing and virtually unanimous in the United States. It may well be that the crowned heads of Europe were less than enthusiastic about the popularity of this advocate for democracy and human rights. Did they have the resources to stage a highly public assassination? And who was there to prevent it? And why does history not record the attempt? In the spirit of Day of The Jackal and The Eagle Has Landed, S.W. O'Connell follows the plotters and, more importantly, the Lafayette Circle, who, working secretly against all odds, try to frustrate their evil plan. But can The Lafayette Circle, a motley assortment of old clerics, shipless sailors, and come-as-you-are spooks, change the course of history? Read more