Madison and Jefferson

By Andrew Burstein

Subjects: Biography, Presidents, Politics and government, Founding Fathers of the United States, Jefferson, thomas, 1743-1826, Friends and associates, United states, politics and government, 1775-1783, United states, politics and government, 1789-1815, United states, politics and government, 1783-1865, Presidents, united states, Madison, james, 1751-1836

Description: The third and fourth presidents have long been considered proper and noble gentlemen, with Thomas Jefferson's genius overshadowing James Madison's judgment and common sense. But in this revelatory book, both leaders are seen as men of their times, ruthless and hardboiled operatives in a gritty world of primal politics where they struggled for supremacy for more than fifty years.