Richard Brookhiser

Richard Brookhiser is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, a senior editor of National Review, and a columnist for American History. He is the author of, most recently, "Glorious Lessons: John Trumbull, Painter of the American Revolution" (Yale University Press, 2024), and host of “John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court,” a film by Leo Eaton (summer 2020).

His other books include "Give Me Liberty: A History of America’s Exceptional Idea" (Basic Books, 2019), "John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court" (Basic Books, 2018), of "Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln" (Basic Books, 2014), and of seven other books on revolutionary America: "Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington" (Free Press, 1997); "Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts That Guided Our First President in War and Peace" (University of Virginia Press, 2003); "Alexander Hamilton, American" (Simon & Schuster, 2000); "America’s First Dynasty: The Adamses 1735-1918" (Free Press, 2002); "Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution" (Free Press, 2004); "What Would the Founders Do? Our Questions, Their Answers" (Basic Books, 2007); and "George Washington on Leadership" (Basic Books, 2008).

He is author and host of two films for PBS by Michael Pack: "Rediscovering George Washington" (2002) and "Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton" (2011). He was the historian curator of “Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America,” a 2004 exhibition at the New-York Historical Society. In 2008 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal.