But since quality and quantity are often unrelated, my expectations for the book were not the least bit diminished by its relative brevity. Whether or not coincidental, it is also by a fair stretch the shortest book of the group. He is perhaps best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning book “Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation” and has written about Presidents Adams and Jefferson as well.Īmong the nine biographies of George Washington currently in my library (counting each of Flexner’s volumes individually), Ellis’ biography on Washington has been much more widely reviewed, and presumably read, than any of the others. Ellis is a well-known author and history professor focusing on the revolutionary era. Ellis’ bestselling biography of our first President, published nearly a decade ago. “ His Excellency: George Washington” is Joseph J.
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