James Madison Biography: Life Reconsidered

A serious new biography of the fourth president of america by New York Occasions bestselling writer Lynne Cheney
 
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s play “Hamilton” has reignited curiosity within the founding fathers; it  options James Madison amongst its vibrant forged of characters. This majestic new biography of James Madison explores the astonishing story of a person of vaunted modesty who audaciously modified the world. Among the many Founding Fathers, Madison was a real genius of the early republic.
 
Outwardly reserved, Madison was the mental driving power behind the Structure and essential to its ratification. His visionary political philosophy and rationale for the union of states—so eloquently offered in The Federalist papers—helped form the nation People dwell in in the present day.
 
Together with Thomas Jefferson, Madison would discovered the primary political get together within the nation’s historical past—the Democratic Republicans. As Jefferson’s secretary of state, he managed the Louisiana Buy, doubling the scale of america. As president, Madison led the nation in its first warfare beneath the Structure, the Struggle of 1812. With out precedent to information him, he would reveal {that a} republic may defend its honor and independence—and stay a republic nonetheless.