Mr. and Mrs. Madison's War: America's First Couple and the War of 1812 by Hugh Howard

Mr. and Mrs. Madison's War: America's First Couple and the War of 1812

Hugh Howard

384 pages • first pub 2012 (view editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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August 28, 1814. Dressed in black, James Madison mourns the nation's loss. Smoke rises from the ruin of the Capitol before him; a mile away stands the blackened shell of the White House. The British have laid waste to Washington City, and as Mr. M...

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