RaveThe National ReviewBrookhiser’s volume is the third to appear since the beginning of 2016. It is also the first that is genuinely satisfying ... This is due largely to the author’s penetrating intelligence and his style, which is both elegant and readable. It’s also reflective of his somewhat unusual approach to his tale ... rookhiser has wisely chosen to write what is essentially an inspired political and legal history of the early republic, with Marshall serving as the focal point. But, in common with almost all the author’s works, it aims to follow the pattern of Plutarch in its brevity, its felicitous prose, and its emphasis on meaningful analysis over the presentation of mountains of detail. One cannot but be struck by its timeliness ... [a] superb account of the life of America’s greatest jurist.
