Stewart makes a compelling case for Madison?s centrality and tells an absorbing story of his friendships with the most influential men of his times. David O. Stewart is an award-winning author and the President of the Washington Independent Review of Books. His bestselling books include THE SUMMER OF 1787, which won the Washington Writing Award; IMPEACHED; AMERICAN EMPEROR; and the novel THE LINCOLN DECEPTION which was hailed as the best historical novel of the year by Bloomberg View.