His Excellency

joseph j. ellis

Joseph Ellis follows Washington from his military career to his presidency, illuminating the difficulties the first executive faced as he worked to keep the emerging country united in the face of adversarial factions. He details aspects of Washington's private life - his marriage and subsequent entrance into the upper echelons of Virginia's plantation society, his large debts, his attitude towards slavery, his relationship with his profligate stepson - that shaped the public figure. Throughout, Ellis reveals to us Washington in the context of 18th-century America, allowing us to comprehend the magnitude of his accomplishments and the character of his heart and mind as they might have been perceived in his own time. Brilliantly conceived, His Excellency is a revelatory biography, likely to be one of the seminal American history books of the decade.

Genres historybiographynonfictionamerican historypresidentspoliticsamerican revolutionus presidentsbiography memoirhistorical

352 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,2004

This edition

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Published: January 1, 2005 by Faber \u0026 Faber Ltd
ISBN: 9780571212125
ASIN: 0571212123
Language: English

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731]– December 14, 1799) served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and as the commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783. Becaus...