James Madison : A Life Reconsidered

Excellent and concise exploration of one of the lesser researched founding fathers. Better than Ron Chernow.

Informative and helpful read about Madison. Easy to read.

I really wanted to like this book, but the greatest drawback was the writing. Lots of unreferenced pronouns (eg, “he said it to him”), lack of context and background, jumps in time that are not pointed out and much more. I realize that this is a difficult book to write with a huge cast of characters and she does tell the story of Madison, but not in a very interesting way.