Our First Revolution: The Remarkable British Upheaval That Inspired America's Founding Fathers

from trek520

History at its best. When I first read the title to this book I couldn't help but thinking, "huh." Once I started the book though I was able to connect the dots and I learned a ton of history. Anytime reading about European roalty it can be enormously confusing, but Barone walks us through the ro...

from tuckerresearch

A competent, engaging, and thorough review of the Glorious Revolution from an American perspective, with emphasis on how it influenced 1776.

from DrRex

A good book on the 1680s outing of King James by William of Orange leading to the reign of William and Mary.

from bezoar44

A straightforward narrative history of Britain's 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688. This is as rigorous as popular history gets: Barone cites his sources scrupulously, and he cites to the leading academic syntheses of the last two decades. Given Barone's career as a political journalist, it's not sur...

from trek520

History at its best. When I first read the title to this book I couldn't help but thinking, "huh." Once I started the book though I was able to connect the dots and I learned a ton of history. Anytime reading about European roalty it can be enormously confusing, but Barone walks us through the ro...