The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a breadth and depth matched by no other onevolume life, he carries the reader through Washingtons troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French and Indian Wars, his creation of Mount Vernon, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention and his magnificent performance as Americas first president.Despite the reverence his name inspires Washington remains a waxwork to many readers, worthy but dull, a laconic man of remarkable selfcontrol. But in this groundbreaking work Chernow revises forever the uninspiring stereotype. He portrays Washington as a strapping, celebrated horseman, elegant dancer and tireless hunter, who guarded his emotional life with intriguing ferocity. Not only did Washington gather around himself the foremost figures of the age, including James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, he orchestrated their actions to help realise his vision for the new federal government, define the separation of powers, and establish the office of the presidency. Ron Chernow takes us on a pageturning journey through all the formative events of Americas founding. This is a magisterial work from one of Americas foremost writers and historians.

Binding: Paperback;928 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: BGH; Weight: 1162 g; Dimensions: 153 x 234 x 50

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