{"product_id":"the-royalist-revolution-monarchy-and-the-american-founding","title":"The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Society of the Cincinnati History Prize, Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey\u003cbr\u003eFinalist, George Washington Prize\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title of 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenerations  of students have been taught that the American Revolution was a revolt  against royal tyranny. In this revisionist account, Eric Nelson argues  that a great many of our \"founding fathers\" saw themselves as rebels  against the British Parliament, not the Crown. \u003ci\u003eThe Royalist Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e  interprets the patriot campaign of the 1770s as an insurrection in  favor of royal power-driven by the conviction that the Lords and Commons  had usurped the just prerogatives of the monarch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Royalist Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e  is a thought-provoking book, and Nelson is to be commended for reviving  discussion of the complex ideology of the American Revolution. He  reminds us that there was a spectrum of opinion even among the most  ardent patriots and a deep British influence on the political  institutions of the new country.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Andrew O'Shaughnessy, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A scrupulous archaeology of American revolutionary thought.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Thomas Meaney, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A powerful double-barrelled challenge to historiographical orthodoxy.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Colin Kidd, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] brilliant and provocative analysis of the American Revolution.\"\u003cbr\u003e-John Brewer, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Eric Nelson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780674979772\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20171120\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43558920388669,"sku":"9780674979772","price":41.36,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780674979772.jpg?v=1788388227","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-royalist-revolution-monarchy-and-the-american-founding","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}