His Excellency: George Washington: George Washington

ISBN 10: 1402544766 ISBN 13: 9781402544767

Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc., 2004

Synopsis

To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis, and lyric prose that have made him one of the premier historians of the Revolutionary era. Training his lens on a figure who sometimes seems as remote as his effigy on Mount Rushmore, Ellis assesses George Washington as a military and political leader and a man whose "statue-like solidity" concealed volcanic energies and emotions. Here is the impetuous young officer whose miraculous survival in combat half-convinced him that he could not be killed. Here is the free-spending landowner whose debts to English merchants instilled him with a prickly resentment of imperial power. We see the general who lost more battles than he won and the reluctant president who tried to float above the partisan feuding of his cabinet. His Excellency is a magnificent work, indispensable to an understanding not only of its subject but also of the nation he brought into being.

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Review

"ÝEllis has done it again. This is an important and challenging work: beautifully written, lively, serious and engaging." "-The Boston Globe"
"Absorbing. . . . An incisive portrait Ýthat¨ eloquently conveys the magnitude of Washington's accomplishments." -"The New York Times"

"Absolutely fascinating. . . . Underscores how extraordinary Washington's accomplishments really were." -"The Christian Science Monitor"
"Lively and engaging. . . . An accessible portrait. . . . Ellis writes simply but eloquently. His prose is lucid, graceful and witty, his book is hard to put down. . . . Should be required reading." -"Los Angeles Times Book Review"

"[Ellis has done it again. This is an important and challenging work: beautifully written, lively, serious and engaging." "-The Boston Globe"
"Absorbing. . . . An incisive portrait [that] eloquently conveys the magnitude of Washington's accomplishments." -"The New York Times"

"Absolutely fascinating. . . . Underscores how extraordinary Washington's accomplishments really were." -"The Christian Science Monitor"
"Lively and engaging. . . . An accessible portrait. . . . Ellis writes simply but eloquently. His prose is lucid, graceful and witty, his book is hard to put down. . . . Should be required reading." -"Los Angeles Times Book Review"

" [Ellis has done it again. This is an important and challenging work: beautifully written, lively, serious and engaging. "The Boston Globe
"

Absorbing. . . . An incisive portrait [that] eloquently conveys the magnitude of Washington s accomplishments. "The New York Times
"

Absolutely fascinating. . . . Underscores how extraordinary Washington s accomplishments really were. "The Christian Science Monitor"

Lively and engaging. . . . An accessible portrait. . . . Ellis writes simply but eloquently. His prose is lucid, graceful and witty, his book is hard to put down. . . . Should be required reading. "Los Angeles Times Book Review""

" [Ellis has done it again. This is an important and challenging work: beautifully written, lively, serious and engaging." --The Boston Globe

"Absorbing. . . . An incisive portrait [that] eloquently conveys the magnitude of Washington's accomplishments." --The New York Times

"Absolutely fascinating. . . . Underscores how extraordinary Washington's accomplishments really were." --The Christian Science Monitor

"Lively and engaging. . . . An accessible portrait. . . . Ellis writes simply but eloquently. His prose is lucid, graceful and witty, his book is hard to put down. . . . Should be required reading." --Los Angeles Times Book Review

About the Author

Joseph Ellis is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Founding Brothers. His portrait of Thomas Jefferson, American Sphinx, won the National Book Award in the United States. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with his wife, Ellen, and their youngest son, Alex.

Edition details

• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402544766
• ISBN 13: 9781402544767
• Binding: Audio CD