Book cover for An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight AmericaAn Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America by Nick Bunker
Europe

An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America

Finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in History

Written from a strikingly fresh perspective, this new account of the Boston Tea Party and the origins of the American Revolution shows how a lethal blend of politics, personalities, and economics led to a war that few people welcomed but nobody could prevent.   […Learn More]

Book cover of Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity by Nick Bunker
Biography & Autobiography

Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity

In this new account of Franklin’s early life, Pulitzer finalist Nick Bunker portrays him as a complex, driven young man who elbows his way to success.

From his early career as a printer and journalist to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin has always seemed the inevitable embodiment of American ingenuity. But in his youth he had to make his way through a harsh colonial world, where he fought many battles with his rivals, but also with his wayward emotions. […Learn More]