William M. Fowler, Jr. is director of the Massachusetts Historical Society, consulting editor at The New England Quarterly, and honorary professor of history at Northeastern University. His books include Jack Tars and Commodores: The American Navy, 1783-1815 and The Baron of Beacon Hill: A Biography of John Hancock.
"William Fowler is a superb historian, and his Empires at War is
absolutely first rate-- both a work of expert scholarship and a
clear, insightful unfolding of one of the great dramas in history,
the importance of which can hardly be overstated." --David
McCullough, author of John Adams and Truman"A masterful account of
the clash of two great empires. Ultimate victory by the British and
their colonial allies ended in the expulsion of France from North
America and brought the English vast new territories. It also
brought them a mountain of debt, which they determined to reduce by
levying taxes on the colonists-- laying the groundwork for the
American Revolution. Mr. Fowler has told this immensely complex
story with such clarity and knowledge that the reader is caught up
in the danger and excitement of that critical time." --Richard
Ketchum, author of Victory at Yorktown: The Campaign That Won the
Revolution and Divided Loyalties: How the American Revolution Came
to New York
William Fowler is a superb historian, and his "Empires at War" is
absolutely first rate-- both a work of expert scholarship and a
clear, insightful unfolding of one of the great dramas in history,
the importance of which can hardly be overstated. "David
McCullough, author of John Adams and Truman" A masterful account of
the clash of two great empires. Ultimate victory by the British and
their colonial allies ended in the expulsion of France from North
America and brought the English vast new territories. It also
brought them a mountain of debt, which they determined to reduce by
levying taxes on the colonists-- laying the groundwork for the
American Revolution. Mr. Fowler has told this immensely complex
story with such clarity and knowledge that the reader is caught up
in the danger and excitement of that critical time. "Richard
Ketchum, author of Victory at Yorktown: The Campaign That Won the
Revolution and Divided Loyalties: How the American Revolution Came
to New York""
"William Fowler is a superb historian, and his "Empires at War" is
absolutely first rate-- both a work of expert scholarship and a
clear, insightful unfolding of one of the great dramas in history,
the importance of which can hardly be overstated."-- David
McCullough, author of "John Adams" and "Truman"
"A masterful account of the clash of two great empires. Ultimate
victory by the British and their colonial allies ended in the
expulsion of France from North America and brought the English vast
new territories. It also brought them a mountain of debt, which
they determined to reduce by levying taxes on the colonists--
laying the groundwork for the American Revolution. Mr. Fowler has
told this immensely complex story with such clarity and knowledge
that the reader is caught up in the danger and excitement of that
critical time."-- Richard Ketchum, author of "Victory at Yorktown:
The Campaign That Won the Revolution "and "Divided Loyalties: How
the American Revolution Came to New York"
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