Relying on firsthand accounts, historian Jane Hampton Cook weaves together several different narratives to create a vivid, multidimensional account of the burning of Washington, including the escalation that led to it and the immediate aftermath. It’s unimaginable because in 1814, enemies didn’t fly overhead; they marched through the streets, and for twenty-six hours in August, the British enemy marched through Washington, DC, and set fire to government buildings, including the US Capitol and the White House. It’s unimaginable today, even for a generation that saw the Twin Towers fall and the Pentagon attacked. Told from multiple points of view-including James and Dolley Madison and a British admiral-this is the true story of the burning of the White House in 1814.
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