Seven Virginians: The Men Who Shaped Our Republic

Seven Virginians, the culmination of a lifetime of erudition by one of America's leading historians, reveals the integral role played by seven major Virginians before, during, and after the American Revolution: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, George Mason, Patrick Henry, and John Marshall.



Most accounts of the founding generation focus only on the activities of the "big three"-Washington, Jefferson, and Madison-but Boles incorporates the key contributions of...