Learn more about the nuances of the American Revolution, the intricacies of how America began, and how that history relates to our present day, from acclaimed history writers.
“Illuminating . . . Compelling . . . It is Mr. Ellis’s achievement that he once again leaves us with a keen appreciation of the good fortune America had in having the right men in the right places at the right times.” ‒Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
Listen to an excerpt American Creation
“Founding Brothers is a wonderful book, one of the best . . . on the Founders ever written. . . . Ellis has established himself as the Founders’ historian for our time.” ‒Gordon S. Wood, The New York Review of Books
Listen to an excerpt Founding Brothers
“A scintillating tour de force of historical detective work.” ‒Time
Listen to an excerpt Inventing America
“Pulitzer Prize–winner Wood elegantly examines the meaning of the Founding Fathers for our time and—an infinitely harder thing to discern—for their own.” –Kirkus Reviews
Listen to an excerpt Revolutionary Characters
“[R]evelatory…Â [it forces] readers to confront the visceral realities of a conflict too often bathed in warm, nostalgic light….The myth of an America conceived in love and sprung fully formed from the thigh of George Washington misshapes our present as much as it distorts our past.”
‒Jane Kamensky, The New York Times Book Review
Listen to an excerpt Scars of Independence