An excellent work. First of all, this is not a history book; it is a collection of essays on leading individual within a specific historical period. It assumes a great deal of knowledge about the revolutionary period, and uses that to illustrate just who the Founders truly were and what led to and illustrated best their character. It avoids the temptation to apply contemporary values to entirely different eras and thereby is able to capture a much more fascinating picture.

Definitely recommended; I foresee myself revisiting this book with some regularity.