Hugh Howard: Mr. and Mrs. Madison's War

Drawing on primary sources, the author presents a fascinating account of the War of 1812 as James and Dolley Madison experienced it.

Writer and historian Hugh Howard is the author of the just-published Mr. and Mrs. Madison’s War (Bloomsbury Press, 2012), as well as Houses of the Founding Fathers and books on George Washington (The Painter’s Chair) and Thomas Jefferson (Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson). An Attingham scholar (2011), he writes regularly for magazines and the Web; in an earlier incarnation, he was a vice president of the New York Times Book Company, Inc. He lives in East Chatham, New York, with his wife Betsy; they are the proud parents of two daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth.