Gimson's Presidents
  • Published: 5 March 2020
  • ISBN: 9781529110012
  • Imprint: Square Peg
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $39.99

Gimson's Presidents

Brief Lives from Washington to Trump

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An illuminating account of the lives of each President of the United States, illustrated by Martin Rowson.

'Crisp and witty' Charles Moore, Spectator

'A brilliant survey of the occupants of the Oval Office' Daniel Johnson, Article

'Witty and succinct with splendid caricatures' Tibor Fischer, Critic


A spirited and entertaining aide-memoire offering 44 short, fascinating accounts of each president, from George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to Barack Obama and Donald Trump, bringing the United States' political history to life as never before.

Who can name the eight presidents before Lincoln, or the eight presidents after him? Historians tend to shed light on just a handful of leaders: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and perhaps half a dozen others within living memory, leaving at least 30 holders of office if not in total darkness, then at least in deep shadow.

Helping to bring these forgotten figures into the light, Andrew Gimson's illuminating accounts are accompanied by sketches from Guardian sartirical cartoonist, Martin Rowson, making this the perfect gift for all lovers of history and politics - the experienced and the novice, the serious and the silly.


The Sunday Times bestselling Gimson's Prime Ministers and Gimson's Kings & Queens are also available.
  • Published: 5 March 2020
  • ISBN: 9781529110012
  • Imprint: Square Peg
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $39.99
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About the authors

Andrew Gimson

Andrew Gimson is the author of Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson, published by Simon & Schuster in 2006 and described as ‘brilliant’, ‘scintillating’ and ‘an effervescent delight’. He writes for a wide range of newspapers and magazines, and is a contributing editor to ConservativeHome.com. He lives in London.

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Martin Rowson

Martin Rowson is an award-winning political cartoonist whose work appears regularly in the Guardian, the Independent, the Daily Mirror, the Scotsman, Tribune, Index on Censorship and Granta. His previous publications include comic-book adaptations of The Waste Land and Tristram Shandy, as well as Gimson's Kings & Queens by Andrew Gimson. His first novel, Snatches, was published by Cape in 2006.

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Praise for Gimson's Presidents

Wonderfully snappy pen-portraits

Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday, *Books of the Year*