Ellis looked past all the brass and silver of his success in the public and thoroughly explored his private and personal life. Or is it?Įllis spent his book not focusing on the monolith but on the man, dating back to before the French and Indian war where Washington started to receive recognition for his services, to his death in 1799. This statement of his was neither followed up by any fact nor further discussion entirely which is necessary in these situations. ' with the content in the parentheses being his own.
While not as formal sounding to the reader with many questions and out of the way comments by the author based on opinion instead of fact, like on page 194 where in moment about Washington saying formal etiquette of the levees combined with Washington's natural dignity (or was it his aloofness? ) to create. However, instead of looking at the monumental titan as most did, Ellis wrote about the man behind the monument his successes, failures and desires that few if any have written about before. Ellis, provides us a look at one of the most influential men in American history. Brilliantly conceived, His Excellency is a revelatory biography, likely to be one of the seminal American history books of the decade.His Excellency George Washington His Excellency George Washington, written by Joseph J.
Throughout, Ellis reveals to us Washington in the context of 18th-century America, allowing us to comprehend the magnitude of his accomplishments and the character of his heart and mind as they might have been perceived in his own time. He details aspects of Washington's private life - his marriage and subsequent entrance into the upper echelons of Virginia's plantation society, his large debts, his attitude towards slavery, his relationship with his profligate stepson - that shaped the public figure. Joseph Ellis follows Washington from his military career to his presidency, illuminating the difficulties the first executive faced as he worked to keep the emerging country united in the face of adversarial factions.
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