Winik, Jay
Summary: It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink, Russia was a vast imperial power, and France plunged into revolution. But in contrast to the way conventional histories tell it, none of these events occurred in isolation. Here, historian Winik shows how their fates combined to change the course of civilization. Here is a savage world war, the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2007
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Summary: Winik documents the final years of the eighteenth century as a period of tumultuous change marked by Russia's imperial power, the revolution in France, and America's near-collapse, events that the author reveals to be intricately related.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008