Washington

George Washington (1732–1799) entered American history as the "father of the nation and savior of the homeland." A hero of the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, not a very successful planter, an average military leader, and not the most sophisticated politician, he possessed qualities rarely found in public figures: he was honest, selfless, and not power-hungry, which earned him the love of the people who elected him as their first president and made him the only head of the USA elected unanimously.

The story of Washington's life, filled with troubles, victories, and defeats, unfolds against the backdrop of the British colonies' struggle for independence and the emergence of American statehood, the exposure of spies and the preparation of abductions, the intertwining fates of outstanding figures of a turbulent era, friends and enemies of the main character. Thomas Jefferson, having been both, acknowledged: "It may be said, without departing from the truth, that never have nature and fortune come together in such perfect combination as to make a man great."