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An Empire On The Edge
- How Britain Came To Fight America
Engelsk
Bogcover for An Empire On The Edge af Nick Bunker, 9780099552734
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
448
ISBN-13:
9780099552734
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0099552736
Udg. Dato:
3 nov 2016
Størrelse i cm:
15,5 x 23,3 x 3,4
Oplagsdato:
3 nov 2016
Forfatter(e):

An Empire On The Edge

- How Britain Came To Fight America
Engelsk
Paperback 2016
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WINNER OF THE 2015 GEORGE WASHINGTON PRIZE
FINALIST FOR THE 2015 PULTIZER PRIZE IN HISTORY

In this powerful narrative, Nick Bunker tells the story of the last three years of mutual embitterment that preceded the outbreak of America’s war for independence in 1775. It was a tragedy of errors, in which both sides shared responsibility for a conflict that cost the lives of at least twenty thousand Britons and a still larger number of Americans.

Drawing on careful study of primary sources from Britain and the United States, An Empire on the Edge sheds new light on the Tea Party’s origins and on the roles of such familiar characters as Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, and Thomas Hutchinson. At the heart of the book lies the Boston Tea Party, an event that arose from fundamental flaws in the way the British managed their affairs.

With lawyers in London calling the Tea Party treason, and with hawks in Parliament crying out for revenge, the British opted for punitive reprisals without foreseeing the resistance they would arouse. For their part, the Americans underestimated Britain’s determination not to give way. By the late summer of 1774, the descent into war had become irreversible.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
448
ISBN-13:
9780099552734
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0099552736
Udg. Dato:
3 nov 2016
Størrelse i cm:
15,5 x 23,3 x 3,4
Oplagsdato:
3 nov 2016
Forfatter(e):
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