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James and Dolley Madison

America's First Power Couple
  • ISBN-13: 9781616148355
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: PROMETHEUS
  • By Bruce Chadwick
  • Price: AUD $50.99
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  • Local release date: 16/04/2014
  • Format: Hardback 450 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]
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A revealing new portrait of James and Dolley Madison, America's first political power couple. n this comprehensive biography of James and Dolley Madison, historian Bruce Chadwick introduces the reader to ""America's first power couple."" Using newly uncovered troves of letters at the University of Virginia, Chadwick has been able to reconstruct the details of the Madisons' personal and political lives. Based on this archive, the author argues that our fourth president--the architect of the Constitution--owed much of his success to the political savvy of his wife. And Dolley, through her many social skills, created the dynamic role of First Lady that we know today. Within the new historical papers are remarkable stories of Dolley's parties and her backdoor politicking. Their letters show Madison not as a boring, average president--as some historians have maintained--but as a vibrant, tough leader, a very successful commander in chief who changed America. These documents also help to paint a searing portrait of the Madisons' struggles with their irresponsible son and outline how their lifelong funding of his whims brought about their own demise. Blending the per
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