History with a mystery. The Great War is raging. Mysterious circumstances cast an aging George Washington into a strained dinner with Edmund Barton, Australia's canny and pugnacious first prime minister. The Three Brothers 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. Barrister, 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. A must read for serious political scholars, and a fun romp for curious patriots in both lands. Barton, Edmund, Sir, 1849-1920 -- Fiction. | Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Fiction. | Speculative fiction, Australian. | Political fiction, Australian. | Historical fiction. | Australian