?Chadwick puts a more human face on Washington by creating a very detailed portrait of how he and the outgoing Martha lived: their food, their slaves and servants, their health, their furniture, their daily life together.?
-USA Today
A doting stepfather, an enraptured husband, George Washington formed with his wife, Martha, a remarkable union that gave birth to the Union as we know it today. The General & Mrs. Washington is the story of the wealthiest couple in Virginia, who risked their vast estates, their love and their lives to lead the revolution that gave birth to America.
?A love story between two iconic Americans: George and Martha Washington. This book reminds us that their partnership helped make us who we are today.?
-Terry Golway, author of Washington's General and Let Every Nation Know
?Enhances our understanding of the nation's ?first couple? . . . A fine work of social history, providing keen insights into how people lived, worked and amused themselves.?
-John Ferling, author of Setting the World Ablaze and A Leap in the Dark
?Chadwick's brisk narrative comes as close as we are likely to get to an understanding of the Washington union.?
-Kirkus Reviews
?Chadwick takes his readers through the story of a 40-year marriage, from the courtship of the heroic frontier colonel and the young widow, through the sudden death of George Washington and the last, painfully sad, years of Martha Washington's life.?
-Mary V. Thompson, research specialist, Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens
?Bruce Chadwick vividly brings to life a time of turmoil and hope in a book that should endure as a fine example of historical journalism.?
-Willard Sterne Randall, author of George Washington: A Life
