I'm not sure if this is an historical novel or a dissertation. It deals with that critical period after the Revolutionary War when Washington was struggling to put together a country from the still nearly ungovernable states. The government treasury was empty, the rebels were clamoring for the heads of the royalists and relations with our major trading partner were sundered. With the help of Jefferson and other clear thinkers, Washington brought a new country into being--a task almost as difficult as his Valley Forge campaign against the British and Hessian soldiers.