Autobiography/Biography lovers! discussion

I, Lafayette is narrative non-fiction in the form of an autobiography. Lafayette recounts his life as it happens, tracing his path through the American War of Independence, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic years and the Restoration. The present tense ensures a vividness of time and place. It is history but it is happening now. Lafayette sees Washington as his adopted father and the United States as his adopted country. It is on Amazon, book and kindle.