Dinner at Mr. Jefferson's
Three Men, Five Great Wines, and the Evening That Changed America

Despite some weaknesses, this short history was really a pleasure to read and refreshing. I'm not sure how the author rates as an historian but his account of the struggles between Jefferson and Madison on the one hand and Hamilton seems sufficiently factual to be credit-worthy. Although Cerami inje......more

If you are someone who doesn't know much about this time period and wants to learn more, this book is a very digestible way to understand this information. If you are someone who already knows much about this time period, much of this book will be repetition of things you already know. The "Dinner a......more

Interesting, but not really enthralling, view of early American politics and personalities. The centerpiece is an intimate dinner hosted by Thomas Jefferson to craft a compromise between James Madison and Alexander Hamilton which resulted in the location of the young nation's capital and it assuming......more

Ya know, I think I got a pretty good idea of the circumstances surrounding the famous dinner Compromise of 1790 from this book. However, the dinner itself was only covered in one chapter and filled with conjecture trying to pass itself off as fact. Absolutely NOTHING in this booked is cited and the......more