The Presidents
The acclaimed account of America's leaders - a must-listen for anyone with an interest in American politics and history

A great read, hypnotically interesting, and hardly a single dull page in the whole 500. You skitter through the whole of American history through these 10 page biographies of all the presidents (up to and including Joe Biden) and it becomes really compelling, like a great novel, full of what-happene......more

Lacking any new tricks, Ian Dale has regurgitated the same approaches for The Presidents that made his The Prime Ministers so disappointing. He's corralled together as authors a disparate bunch of British and American politicians, writers, or historians, many of whom have no knowledge of their subje......more

A strong summary of all of the Presidents of the US. The different essay styles made the book engaging to read despite major overlaps between the careers of the presidents. My only gripe was that not all of the biographies felt entirely impartial, despite that being the stated aim of the book. Overa......more

I have finished reading “The Presidents: 250 Years of American Political Leadership” by Iain Dale. This book, edited by former Tory MP Iain Dale, is a complete history of all of the US Presidents. There is one chapter for every President in chronological order each by a different author. What makes a......more

I desperately wanted to give this book four or five stars but unfortunately there are a number of reasons I cannot. The authors of the early Presidents outside of George Washington feel like they have just googled X and have copied the entries from Wikipedia. An exception has to be Simon Marks entry......more