7 Top audiobook books like Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham

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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

By: Jon Meacham

4.04

Format: 802 pages, Kindle Edition

In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and …

"No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

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1. Washington: A Life

By: Ron Chernow

4.16

Format: 904 pages, Hardcover

The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more

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  • american history
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  • biography memoir
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Many mickles make a muckle."

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

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2. James Madison

By: Richard Brookhiser

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

James Madison led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history, and his story… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
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  • nonfiction
  • us presidents
  • audiobook
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3. John Quincy Adams

By: Harlow Giles Unger

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion again… read more

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  • american history
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  • audiobook
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4. The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

By: H.W. Brands

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

National Bestseller He was the foremost American of his day, yet today he is little more than a my… read more

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  • american history
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  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
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5. Truman

By: David McCullough

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
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6. His Excellency: George Washington

By: Joseph J. Ellis

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

National Bestseller To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the e… read more

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  • american history
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7. The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President

By: Noah Feldman

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A surprisingly controversial look at how James Madison redefined the United States in each of his t… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
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  • nonfiction
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8. Alexander Hamilton

By: Ron Chernow

3.77

Format: 32 pages,

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
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  • audiobook
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9. James Madison: A Life Reconsidered

By: Lynne Cheney

4.38

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A major new biography of the fourth president of the United States by New YorkTimes bestselling aut… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
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10. The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness

By: Harlow Giles Unger

3.81

Format: 336 pages,

Founding Father James Monroe (1751-1831) long outlived the birth of the country and became so rever… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. James Madison: A Biography

By: Ralph Louis Ketcham

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

The best one volume biography of Madison's life, Ketcham's biography not only traces Madison's care… read more

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12. Lincoln

By: David Herbert Donald

4.19

Format: 714 pages, Paperback

A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portr… read more

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13. John Adams

By: David McCullough

3.71

Format: 435 pages,

The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Am… read more

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14. John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit

By: James Traub

4.67

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

John Quincy Adams was the last of his kind--a Puritan from the age of the Founders who despised par… read more

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15. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

By: Walter Isaacson

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose … read more

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16. John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life

By: Paul C. Nagel

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Nagel probes deeply into the psyche of this cantankerous, misanthropic, erudite, hardworking son of… read more

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17. Grant

By: Ron Chernow

4.40

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more

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18. John Adams: A Life

By: John Ferling

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

John Ferling's masterful John Adams: A Lifeis the most comprehensive single-volume biography of the… read more

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Cover of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham

19. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

By: Jon Meacham

4.04

Format: 802 pages, Kindle Edition

In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and … read more

Similar categories in Jon Meacham's Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power book and Jon Meacham's Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
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  • biography memoir
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
  • us presidents
  • audiobook
"No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

Cover of James Madison: America's First Politician by Jay Cost

20. James Madison: America's First Politician

By: Jay Cost

4.06

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An intellectual biography of James Madison, arguing that he invented American politics as we know i… read more

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Cover of James Monroe: A Life by Tim  McGrath

21. James Monroe: A Life

By: Tim McGrath

4.20

Format: 738 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary life of James Monroe: soldier, senator, diplomat, and the last Founding Father to… read more

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Richard Brookhiser

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