With George Washington's Secret Six, Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger crafted a fun and compelling pop history narrative that brought to life an obscure episode in George Washington's career. Now with their latest book, they do the same for Thomas Jefferson.

Only weeks after Jefferson's inauguration in 1801, the Pasha of Tripoli ordered the flagstaff at the American consulate chopped down. It was an act of war-and a personal challenge to Jefferson. He had refused to pay off the pirates who ran Tripoli, and he now had to decide if the fledgling United States would stand up to the kidnapping of American ships and sailors.

Kilmeade and Yeager recount the dramatic events building up to this little-known war and the heroics that led to its resolution.