The prizewinning, best-selling author of Founding Brothers and His Excellency brings Americarsquo;s preeminent first couple to life in a moving and illuminating narrative that sweeps through the American Revolution and the Republicrsquo;s tenuous early years.Joseph J. Ellis gives us a story both intimate and panoramic: equal parts biography, political history, and love story. In a fifty-plus-year political and personal partnership, John and Abigail strategized over civic and foreign affairs as often as they discussed their children and Abigailrsquo;s loneliness during Johnrsquo;s extended absences required by his work. Their remarkable connection is epitomized in words he wrote to her after his election to the presidency: ldquo;I can do nothing without you.rdquo;The Adams marriagemdash;in all its complexity, richness, triumph, and sorrowmdash;is revealed as never before in this masterly and essential work of history.From the Hardcover edition.
- Genre: Biography + Autobiography
- Subgenre: Historical, Presidents + Heads of State
- Publisher: Random House
- Edition: Unabridged
- Language: English
- Format: audioCD
- Release Date: October 26, 2010
- Date Published: October 26, 2010
- Author: Joseph J. Ellis
- Narrator: Kimberly Farr (Narrator)