James & Dolley Madison: America's first power couple

Chapter 1 Saving George Washington in a City on Fire 13 --

Chapter 2 Opposites Attract: The Unlikely Meeting of James Madison and Dolley Todd 33 --

Chapter 3 Happy Groom Retires from Public Life 43 --

Chapter 4 Return to Montpelier, 1796 49 --

Chapter 5 Montpelier to Washington, DC: The Making of a Public Man 61 --

Chapter 6 A New World: The Madisons Arrive in Washington 75 --

Chapter 7 Madisons as Social Lions 105 --

Chapter 8 Louisiana Purchase: America Becomes a Giant 117 --

Chapter 9 Veteran Secretary of State 125 --

Chapter 10 Battles with Britain 133 --

Chapter 11 Mister President 141 --

Chapter 12 A New Administration and a New Couple 163 --

Chapter 13 Never-Ending Dispute with Great Britain 183 --

Chapter 14 Ever-Changing America 191 --

Chapter 15 War Looms Everywhere over America 203 --

Chapter 16 First Days of the War of 1812 215 --

Chapter 17 War Years: Dolley 225 --

Chapter 18 Early Years of the War 243 --

Chapter 19 War: Land and Sea 255 --

Chapter 20 Montpelier of the President: The Summer White House 267 --

Chapter 21 Into the War's Stretch 277 --

Chapter 22 Home to Montpelier: Retirement 291 --

Chapter 23 A New Life amid the Forests 303 --

Chapter 24 Payne Todd: "The Serpent in the Garden of Eden" 317 --

Chapter 25 Madisons: Slavery and Stormy Years 329 --

Chapter 26 Dolley: Triumph, Tragedy, and History 345.