It’s as luxuriantly pleasurable as one of those great big sprawling, sweeping Victorian novels.” -Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker I can’t recommend it highly enough-as history, as epic, and, not least, as entertainment. Ron Chernow’s huge (900 pages) Washington: A Life, which I’ve just finished, does all that and more. “Until recently, I’d never believed that there could be such a thing as a truly gripping biography of George Washington. ” -Douglas Brinkley, The Los Angeles Times “Chernow displays a breadth of knowledge about Washington that is nothing short of phenomenal… never before has Washington been rendered so tangibly in such a smart, tenaciously researched volume as Chernow's opus. understanding of human nature is extraordinary and that is what makes his biography so powerful.” - Gordon S. the best, most comprehensive, and most balanced single-volume biography of Washington ever written. In addition to Alexander Hamilton, the production also features George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Aaron Burr, Lafayette, and many more.

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash Broadway musical Hamilton has sparked new interest in the Revolutionary War and the Founding Fathers. In this groundbreaking work, based on massive research, Chernow shatters forever the stereotype of George Washington as a stolid, unemotional figure and brings to vivid life a dashing, passionate man of fiery opinions and many moods. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one volume biography of George Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his adventurous early years, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president. I can’t recommend it highly enough-as history, as epic, and, not least, as entertainment.” -Hendrik Hertzberg, The New YorkerĬelebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation and the first president of the United States. “Until recently, I’d never believed that there could be such a thing as a truly gripping biography of George Washington. well-researched, well-written and absolutely definitive biography” -Andrew Roberts, The Wall Street Journal Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography From the author of Alexander Hamilton, the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired the musical, comes a gripping portrait of the first president of the United States.

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