Citizen Washington, William Martin
Citizen Washington, William Martin
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Citizen Washington

Author: William Martin

Narrator: John Pruden

Unabridged: 20 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/18/2020

Synopsis

He became the nation’s first hero… But before that, George Washington was just a man. And in his youth, he was a man on the make. He wanted to serve the king, so he donned a red coat and fought the French. He loved another man’s wife but yearned for status, so he married a rich widow. He dreamed of wealth, so he accumulated land and slaves. He accumulated enemies, too….In Citizen Washington, one of those enemies—a newspaper publisher named Hesperus Draper—learns that Martha Washington has burned her husband’s letters at his death. So Draper sets his nephew on a quest to find the truth about the letters and about the man himself. The younger Draper meets a dozen people, from Mount Vernon slaves and Iroquois Indians to Jefferson and Adams and the other giants of the era, and they tell their own stories as they tell Washington’s: from his callow youth, through the harrowing battles of the Revolution, to the first American presidency.What emerges is a remarkable, multi-faceted portrait of a society reeling toward rebellion, a nation rushing to be born, and a man rising to greatness.

About William Martin

New York Times bestselling author WILLIAM MARTIN is best known for his historical fiction, which chronicles the lives of the great and the anonymous in American history while bringing to life legendary American locations, from Cape Cod to Annapolis to The City of Dreams. His first novel, Back Bay, introduced Boston treasure hunter Peter Fallon, who is still tracking artifacts across the landscape of our national imagination. Martin received a New England Book Award, given to "an author whose body of work stands as a significant contribution to the culture of the region."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on January 16, 2024

The Author essentially does a “360” on Washington, telling us about him from the perspective of those who knew him from each of their own, unique perspectives, including characters both historic (Jefferson, John and Abigail Adams, Lafayette), and every day citizens like his personal slave, a warrior......more

Goodreads review by Khadija on March 16, 2008

I got this at a museum bookstore, (was it Valley Forge?) and it was a great find. Told from the perspective of several people in George Washington's life - his personal slave, an early rival, his wife and a couple others, it is a unique look at a familiar character. I found it very interesting and a......more

Goodreads review by Jim on January 25, 2018

This book is is classified as historical fiction but I believe there is more truth than fiction in this novel. In this book, we get an outsider's look at George Washington from his childhood days to the day he died. Each character shares their observations of the man. The historical fiction part com......more

Goodreads review by Janellyn51 on September 18, 2012

I really enjoyed this book. I wouldn't go out of my way to read a book about Washington, but for the fact that I enjoy William Martin's books so much. Citizen Washington didn't disapoint at all. I had read a book not too long ago about the Founding Fathers, so I was somewhat familiar with Washington......more

Goodreads review by Debbie on June 10, 2017

This was such a good historical fiction, the author does justice to the historical events in the struggle for independence with Washington at the center of it all. The story of Washington's life is told from the perspectives of historical figures Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, Lafayette, etc as well as......more

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