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In 1791, in a while after the USA won its independence, George Washington in my opinion asked Pierre Charles L’Enfant—a young French artisan turned American revolutionary soldier who gained many friends a few of the Founding Fathers—to design the new nation’s capital. L’Enfant approached this task with unparalleled vigor and passion; on the other hand, his imperious and unyielding nature also made him many powerful enemies. After eleven months, Washington reluctantly dismissed L’Enfant from the project. Therefore, the plan for the city used to be published under every other name, and L’Enfant died long before it used to be rightfully attributed to him. Filled with fantastic characters and passionate human drama, Scott W. Berg’s deft narrative account of this little-explored story in American history is a tribute to the genius of Pierre Charles L’Enfant and the enduring city that may be his legacy.