Rick Brookhiser raves about a new biography of Thaddeus Kosciuszko: “In The Peasant Prince Alex Storozynski fills a gap in our picture of the American Revolution, and relates it to the worldwide struggle for freedom. Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a noble soul with few options, a friend of liberty in an age of aggression and tyranny. Storozynski shows how he navigated a life of romance and realpolitik, keeping his principles intact,” he writes in a blurb.

Today on NRO, we have a short excerpt from the book.