Several years ago I consumed by the audio version of The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800 by Jay Winik. [The New York Times review is here.]
An excerpt from the book review:
The time is the last decade of the 18th century. The place, or rather places, are the United States, France and Russia. The cast of characters is a veritable gallery of greats: all the founding fathers, with George Washington as the foundingest father of them all; Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Robespierre and Napoleon; Catherine the Great, Prince Potemkin and Thaddeus Kosciuszko. Cecil B. De Mille could not have asked for more.
I'm listening again. Time well spent and history well told.
Check it out and prepare to be fascinated.
2 comments:
Thanks for the recommendation. I needed a good history book to slip into the queue.
Wally,
I think you'll enjoy it.
Michael
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