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Gentleman Revolutionary, by Richard Brookhiser
 
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Gentleman Revolutionary : Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution, by Richard Brookhiser. Gouverneur Morris was a man of many parts, great ability in the fields of politics, finance and diplomacy. He is the author of the Constitution, including the famous preamble. It was his assiduous work that financed the Revolution. He was the US ambassador to France during the French Revolution. Even so, he had his faults. He was a notorious womanizer, even sharing the mistress of the infamous Tallyrand. Among the Founding Fathers he was in the first tier, but until this concise and informed biography he has been relatively ignored. A fascinating book about a fascinating man.
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