Based on seven years of archival research, the book describes previously unknown aspects of the electoral college crisis of 1800, presenting a revised understan

The surprising story of how George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson came to despair for the future of the nation they had create

This concise and elegant contribution to the Very Short Introduction series reintroduces the history that shaped the founding fathers, the history that they mad

“Audacious . . . offers a fierce critique of democracy’s most dangerous adversary: the abuse of democratic power by democratically elected chief executives.

The award-winning author of Founding Brothers and The Quartet now gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, T