FIRST FAMILY(ISBN=) 英文原版

Joseph J. Ellis won the Pulitzer Prize for Founding Brothers.
His portrait of Thomas Jefferson, American Sphinx, won the National
Book Award. He is the Ford Foundation Professor of History at Mount
Holyoke College in Massachusetts, where he lives with his wife and
their youngest son.

“Written with the grace and style one expects from Ellis. . . .
John Adams could not have a better biographer.”
—The Los Angeles Times

“Authoritative. . . . Ellis employs his narrative gifts to draw a
remarkably intimate portrait of John and Abigail’s marriage as it
played out against the momentous events that marked the birth of a
nation.”
—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

“A brilliant book. . . . Provocatively interpretive, carefully
researched, and gracefully written.”
—Providence Journal
 
“Ellis has made himself into a sort of bard of our early Republic,
and First Family is a fitting addition to his
repertoire.”
—The Miami Herald

“A stirring portrait of a marriage. First Family reminds us
that in certain presidencies (FDR and Clinton spring to mind),
there is no closer adviser than a brilliant spouse, improving the
thoughts of her husband, often before he has even conceived
them.”
—The Boston Globe
 
“Engaging. . . . Ellis does a marvelous job of capturing Abigail
and John at their boldest and most vulnerable. . . . He possesses a
rare understanding of human nature. In First Family, he has
given us the story of a marriage worth emulating and, not least, a
subtle reflection on ‘the perils of parenting.’”
—Chicago Tribune
 
“Richly detailed. . . . Erudite as well as eloquent, First
Family proves that bedfellows can make superior
politics.”
—Richmond Times-Dispatch
 
“Ellis dips into the rich pool of the couple’s letters to each
other . . . to show how inextricably linked the Adams presidency
and the Adams marriage were. . . . He enables his readers to make
fresh judgments about the second president’s tenure.”
—The Dallas Morning News
 
“First Family invites you into a sustaining marriage that
survives revolution, personal tragedies and the vicious politics of
the moment. . . . Valuable reading.”
—Newsday
 
“Ellis’s supple prose and keen psychological insight give a vivid
sense of the human drama behind history’s upheavals.”
—Publishers Weekly
 
“The author’s fluid style penetrates a correspondence studded with
classical references, political dish, felicitous turns of phrases
and unvarnished pleadings of affection and anxiety. America’s first
power couple enjoyed, teased and rescued each other during 54 years
of marriage.”
—The Star-Ledger (Newark)
 
“Ellis is that rare professional historian who can eloquently
convey both information and insight with remarkable clarity. . . .
He has once again given us a consistently engaging dual biography
and love story as well as an insightful exploration of early
American history.”
—Bookpage