The Indispensables

From the bestselling author of Washington’s Immortals and The Unknowns, an important new chronicle of the American Revolution heralding the heroic actions of the…

Washington’s Immortals

From a bestselling military historian, the story of the Revolutionary War told through a band of brothers whose actions at key battles from Brooklyn…

Tom Paine

“A good introduction to a complex historical character. . . . Provide[s] an engaging perspective on England, America, and France in the tumultuous years…

Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man

“A better case can be made for the claim that Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man actually affected history than for other books so far…

A Son of Thunder

“A fine job of placing Henry’s idea of republican rectitude in context without ignoring the many ironies of his life as a mediator between the yeomanry and the elite. Best of all, Mr. Mayer helps us understand the significance of Henry’s enduring image.” –The New York Times Book Review…

The Making of the Prefident 1789

“Hilarious . . . The Making of the Prefident 1789 will entertain and fascinate even those who think they hate history.” –James D. Fairbanks,…

Madame Melville and The General from America

“Nelson revels in and shrewdly manipulates the conventions of the memory play in ways that are hard to resist.” —Ben Brantley, The New York…

The Long Fuse

“Delineating the political culture of corruption and bribery that pervaded London and disgusted Americans like Benjamin Franklin, Cook convincingly concludes that the war was…

Liberty’s First Crisis

The tumultuous early years of the United States are brought to life in this gripping account of the Sedition Act and its victims, including…

George Washington’s Expense Account