Our First Revolution: The Remarkable British Upheaval That Inspired America's Founding Fathers

Reads more like a textbook. The final chapter feels hurried, very "uh-oh, time to wrap this up." Conclusions weekly drawn. It does however cover a good deal of information.

I don't know if I buy into the arguement that the British Revolution of 1688 was a precursor to the American Revolution. Barone for the most part detailed the events that lead up to William I am not sure I buy Barone's premise that the British Revolution of 1688 was a precursor the American Revolution.It is an interesting time in British History and new territory for me. Barone did a decent...more

I don't know if I buy into the arguement that the British Revolution of 1688 was a precursor to the American Revolution. Barone for the most part detailed the events that lead up to William I am not sure I buy Barone's premise that the British Revolution of 1688 was a precursor the American Revolution.It is an interesting time in British History and new territory for me. Barone did a decent job of making the book engaging but the title implies it will be brought to bear that this event was somehow related to the US revolution 88 years later.Decent book.   hide