I needed a book for when I was moving back from Somerset to Durham and since I couldn't use the library anymore I allowed myself a book from Barnes & Noble. Sasha and I visited the store in Georgetown where she is staying. I really enjoyed Founding Brothers so when I saw this book by Joseph Ellis the choice was easy.

The book is really a continuation of Founding Brothers, and describes the Louisiana Purchase among other things, in the same very readable style as the first book. Highly recommended.

When Jonathan and Irena visited us in Haarlem, the Netherlands in 2002, Jonathan was reading this book and I thought I wanted to read it once. Years later I bought the book but for some reason I left it unread for a long time. Finally I got to it, and what a great read.

Really enjoyed reading about the complex person Thomas Jefferson was. Over the years I've learned quite a bit about the revolutionary war but the author made a great job displaying the humans behind the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.