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Beirne's
Blood of Tyrants is a book to be reckoned with. It
stirs up all one's lost interest in governmental history without
the boredom that went with it. His writing style is fluid
and factual without being sterile. His descriptions draw vivid
images of our forefathers hard at work freeing themselves
from British rule, but not in the way our high school textbooks
describe it. This Revolutionary War is fraught with unique
and interesting descriptive anecdotes and side notes. It's
like going back to History class but with a twist.
Blood
of Tyrants shows you why George Washington is often referred
to as the "Father of Our Country." Without George
Washington, there would be no Constitution, no independence
from British rule, no Union. Additionally important, what
does it really mean to be "Commander in Chief?"
How it began with the election of George Washington to the
Presidency and how it relates in our contemporary government
today. Interestingly enough, General Howe's concubine was
responsible for George Washington's eventual success in battle,
and Mary's wine helped save Army troops from slaughter. There
is a real significance at West Point in the making of history
as the first fort. While these are all unique reasons to read
Beirne's Blood of Tyrants, more than that, the reader will
get a new education from his "inside looking out"
version of the founding of America.
I particularly
found interesting his description of George Washington, along
with our other forefathers, both physically and intellectually.
It changed my opinion of what I had previously understood
about them. You will also enjoy reading about the formation
of the Continental Congress and the "fly on the wall"
look at their approach to drafting the first Constitution
of the United States of America. The description of the sacrificial
lamb that provided the parchment for the first drafting of
the Supreme Law of the Land, the Constitution that the initial
Delegates signed, really brings home the importance of what
our Constitution truly stands for. When was it really drafted?
What you thought you knew will quickly fade and a new found
knowledge will take its place.
I truly
enjoyed this book, and for those who enjoy historical reading,
this is it! And, even if you think you don't, it will change
your mind.
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