Freedom Round the Globe

“Immersive . . . a roving narrative that ranges from European power politics to resistance movements of Indigenous and enslaved peoples . . . a remarkably clarifying picture of the revolutionary spirit that swept the world in the 1770s”Publishers Weekly, Publishers Weekly

“A revealing study of the global dimensions of America’s war for independence”Kirkus Reviews, Kirkus Reviews

“This book is FANTASTIC. So giddy and interesting is the journey. The best and most enthralling thing may be the way in which Pearsall makes strange this familiar subject, pulling deep insights like beautiful silken handkerchiefs from a pocket no one had even noticed. What a triumph. I loved it.”Christopher Clark, author of Revolutionary Spring

“A stimulating account of a major episode in history that brings out its global impact”Jeremy Black, author of Crisis of Empire