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The inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton! In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian...

Ce récit historique immersif retrace une guerre d'indépendance tiraillant une jeune nation entre liberté et oppression. Parfaite pour stimuler votre esprit pendant vos trajets quotidiens, cette fresque sonore captivante vous transporte au cœur des premières colonies nord-américaines...

New York Times Bestseller Editors' Choice —New York Times Book Review ""Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your faith in our country."" —James Mattis, General, U.S. Marines (ret.) & 26th...

Like father, like son . . . April 1777 Alexei McKesson is a man caught between two worlds: the son of the disgraced former Duke of McKesson, and an adopted warrior of the Standing Stone. For the past two years, Alexei has been pirating ships on the St. Lawrence, and he’s never been caught...

Rediscover the Revolutionary War as a global fight for freedom What does Bunker Hill have in common with a jungle in Central America, a fort in India, and the towering Rock of Gibraltar? The answer—that they were all battlefields in the Revolutionary War—might astonish you. Blending modern...

The Adventures of Betsey Buck, An American Life, 1783-1819 presents a narrative richly detailing the life of Betsey Buck and her family during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The narrative encompasses aspects of women’s daily life, social customs, economic activities, and significant...

Brutalna wojna o niepodległość i polityczne intrygi zderzają się w tej fascynującej historii narodzin nowego państwa. Idealny na długi dojazd do pracy, ten wciągający i pełen napięcia zapis rewolucji zaspokoi twój głód rzetelnej wiedzy historycznej. Poznaj zderzenie interesów...

It motivated America’s founding fathers, influenced national independence, and inspired our foundational documents. Wars raged over it. Men died for it. All for faith. And out of the smoke and grit, a nation was born. From the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to the passage of the Declaration of...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a New York Times Bestseller, a landmark biography of George Washington. In Washington: A Life celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life of...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The riveting story of the Marquis de Lafayette’s lifelong quest to defend the principles of liberty and equality, from the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and the host of the Revolutions podcast. "Immensely compelling." —The New York Times Few in...

Bloomsbury presents War Without Mercy: Liberty or Death in the American Revolution by Mark Edward Lender and James Kirby Martin, read by Jason Keller. Drawing on vivid contemporary accounts, this is a fascinating exploration of how and why the Revolutionary War descended into a brutal...

The Age of Atlantic Revolution was a defining moment in western history. Our understanding of rights, of what makes the individual an individual, of how to define a citizen versus a subject, of what states should or should not do, of how labor, politics, and trade would be organized, of the relationship between the church and the state, and of our attachment to the nation all derive from this period (c. 1750-1850).

In Inhuman Bondage, David Brion Davis sums up a lifetime of insight. He looks at slavery in the American South; the rise of the Cotton Kingdom; the daily life of slaves; the destructive internal long-distance slave trade; the sexual exploitation of slaves; the emergence of an African-American culture; and much more. A definitive history by a writer deeply immersed in the subject, Inhuman Bondage links together the profits of slavery, the pain of the enslaved, and the legacy of racism.

Zgłęb konflikt między wiarą a polityką, badając narodziny amerykańskiego porządku konstytucyjnego. To analityczna podróż, idealna do słuchania w skupieniu lub podczas dojazdów, zaspokajająca głód rzetelnej wiedzy historycznej. Przeniesiesz się prosto w sam środek burzliwych...

Narodziny nowożytnej demokracji to starcie imperialnej potęgi z chaosem politycznych intryg i gospodarczych błędów. Zamiast wyidealizowanych legend, ta wciągająca literatura faktu obnaża narastające napięcie w osiemnastowiecznym społeczeństwie. To zmuszająca do refleksji...

Deze rauwe geschiedenis onthult de meedogenloze machtsstrijd en revolutie achter de geboorte van de Amerikaanse natie. Van overleving in de vroege koloniën tot de bloedige breuk met het Britse gezag, dit is absoluut geen rechtlijnig of vanzelfsprekend succesverhaal. Het meeslepende relaas toont...

Ervaar de bloedige militaire strijd en politieke revolutie die dertien Britse koloniën veranderden in een vrije natie. Dit meeslepende non-fictie epos sleept je mee van alledaagse straten vol onrust naar kruitdampen op de slagvelden van New England. Perfect om tijdens je dagelijkse...

当高昂的税收与生存的重压撕裂了北美殖民地的平静，一场并非出于英雄意志、而是由普通人被迫卷入的建国抗争就此爆发。忘掉那些枯燥的年份与神化的伟人，这部历史纪实有声书带你重返动荡不安的真实年代，从底层民众...

رحلة تاريخية مشوقة تكشف كيف تحولت مستوطنة بيوريتانية صارمة إلى بؤرة ملتهبة أشعلت نيران الثورة الأمريكية. استمع إلى السرد الدرامي الذي يجسد صراع النفوذ بين الحكم...

并非蓄谋已久的帝国决裂，而是充满犹豫与意外的历史岔路，这场普通的抗税风波最终演变为改写政治格局的独立战争。无论你是渴望在通勤途中高效充电的求知者，还是试图在复杂的政治博弈中寻找真相的历史迷，这段两小...