{"product_id":"9780648084808","title":"The Three Brothers: When George Washington and Edmund Barton Sat Down to Dinner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory with a mystery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Great War is raging.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eMysterious circumstances cast an aging George Washington into a strained dinner with Edmund Barton, Australia’s canny and pugnacious first prime minister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Three Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e presents an original and witty behind-the-scenes peek into the rough and tumble world of nation building as told by the first captains of the American and Australian Ships of State.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarrister, author and historian Stephen Marantelli weaves a meticulously researched history of the troubled and similar foundations of the American Republic and Australian Commonwealth into a riveting narrative that reads like a gripping novel filled with fly-on-the-wall vignettes about America and Australia’s scrappy, freedom-hungry founding fathers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA must read for serious political scholars, and a fun romp for curious patriots in both lands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A rare gem that brings history to life in a fun, intimate way, yet packed with exhaustive research and fascinating trivia.\" - R A Peters author of\u003cem\u003e Power Games\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“To read this original work of Marantelli is to be wrapped within a cocoon of sustained lucidity out of which emerge two nations, one a heavyweight, the other a bantamweight. His elucidation of the genesis of the American Republic and Australian Commonwealth is at once readable and memorable.” - Nicholas Green QC\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reading \u003cem\u003eThe Three Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e, I thought it was sitting ringside at an arm wrestling championship between the reigning American champion - wearing the red, white and blue - on one side of the table – and the never-say-die challenger from Down Under - wearing the green and yellow – on the other side. Neither gave any quarter.” Julie Postance, author of \u003cem\u003eBreaking the Sound Barriers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Waratah North Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027085115632,"sku":"9780648084808","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780648084808_p0.jpg?v=1763604239","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780648084808","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}