An Empire on the Edge, Nick Bunker
An Empire on the Edge, Nick Bunker
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An Empire on the Edge
How Britain Came to Fight America

Author: Nick Bunker

Narrator: Robert Ian Mackenzie

Unabridged: 17 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/16/2014

Synopsis

The story of the American Revolution told from the unique perspective of British Parliament and the streets of London, rather than that of the Colonies. Here, Nick Bunker explores and illuminates the dramatic chain of events that led to the outbreak of the war-revealing a tale of muddle, mistakes, and misunderstandings by men in London that led to the Boston tea party and then to the decision to send redcoats into action against the minutemen. Charting the three years prior to the war during which the British regime in America was already collapsing, Bunker shows how a lethal combination of politics and personalities led to a war that should never have been fought. Revisiting the tea party from the point of view of British economics and drawing upon new and unpublished sources from Britain and the U.S., he argues that thanks to the colonialists' misunderstandings about the strength of British power, and London's inability to take American cries for freedom seriously, both were pushed beyond the point of compromise. The outcome? A war that few welcomed but all were powerless to stop.

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Goodreads review by robin on June 20, 2021

A British History Of the Origins Of The American Revolution The origins of the American Revolution have been much studied but remain complex and controversial. A new book by an English writer, Nick Bunker, "An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America" (2014) studies the event leading up......more

Goodreads review by Porter on July 08, 2022

When I started this book, I was not sure of how much I would enjoy it. The introduction doesn't seem to talk too much about the American Colonies or the Founding Fathers. It almost felt as if there was a disservice to them by failing to mention central figures. But as I read the book, it became painf......more

Goodreads review by John on December 20, 2016

This was one of those books that I saw in the bookstore lots of times, and I always thought it looked like another boring pop-history Revolutionary War book. There are so many! It seems like the history section is nothing but Revolution books and Civil War books, and they are all called "1774: Year......more

Goodreads review by Bfisher on November 01, 2015

This book describes the period in the early 1770’s when the British colonies on the North American eastern seaboard are on the verge of rebellion and the declaration of independence. It charts the growing estrangement between the population of Massachusetts and the local Crown officials, and between......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on November 11, 2016

very detailed book highlighting events which led to war between Britain and the American colonies and found this very interesting......more

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