One Frenchman, Four Revolutions - Paperbackby Fernando Pic (Author) This book is about the world in which the French general Marie Louis Ferrand thrived and in which he ultimately lost his life. He can be seen as an overarching link between the four revolutions from 1775 to 1825 through which he lived. He was a pirate in the American Revolution, served as an officer in the army before and during the French Revolution, and volunteered to go to the French colony of Saint Domingue (later Haiti)