{"product_id":"washington-9780143119968","title":"Washington","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eAlexander Hamilton\u003c\/i\u003e, the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired the musical, comes a\u003cb\u003e gripping portrait of the first president of the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Truly magnificent . . . [a] well-researched, well-written and absolutely definitive biography” \u003cb\u003e—Andrew Roberts, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Until recently, I’d never believed that there could be such a thing as a truly gripping biography of George Washington . . . Well, I was wrong. I can’t recommend it highly enough—as history, as epic, and, not least, as entertainment.” \u003cb\u003e—Hendrik Hertzberg, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCelebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation and the first president of the United States. With a breadth and depth matched by no oth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Truly magnificent . . . [a] well-researched, well-written and absolutely  definitive biography” \u003cb\u003e—Andrew Roberts, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Superb . . . the best, most comprehensive, and most balanced single-volume  biography of Washington ever written. [Chernow’s] understanding of human  nature is extraordinary and that is what makes his biography so  powerful.” —\u003cb\u003eGordon S. Wood, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Chernow displays a breadth of knowledge about Washington that is  nothing short of phenomenal… never before has Washington been rendered  so tangibly in such a smart, tenaciously researched volume as Chernow's  opus . . . a riveting read . . .” \u003cb\u003e—Douglas Brinkley, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Until recently, I’d never believed that there could be such a thing as a truly gripping biography of George Washington . . . Well, I was wrong. Ron Chernow’s huge (900 pages) \u003ci\u003eWashington: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which I’ve just finished, does all that and more. I can’t recommend it highly enough—as history, as epic, and, not least, as entertainment. It’s as luxuriantly pleasurable as one of those great big sprawling, sweeping Victorian novels.” \u003cb\u003e—Hendrik Hertzberg, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Ron Chernow] has done justice to the solid flesh, the human frailty and the dental miseries of his subject—and also to his immense historical importance . . . This is a magnificently fair, full-scale biography.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732523528535,"sku":"9780143119968","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780143119968.jpg?v=1719997260","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/washington-9780143119968","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}