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Jefferson appeared to his enemies as an American version of Candide; Hamilton as an American Machiavelli.

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Jefferson appeared to his enemies as an American version of Candide; Hamilton as an American Machiavelli.

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About Joseph J. Ellis

Joseph John-Michael Ellis III (born July 18, 1943) is an American historian whose work focuses on the lives and times of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His book American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson won a National Book Award in 1997 and Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for History. Both these books were bestsellers.