THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE FATE OF THE WORLD

Listeners will be struck by author Bell's polished British accent as he narrates this history of America's Revolution. Bell looks at non-patriots, British loyalists, Hessians who fought for the British, and French who fought for the Americans, as well as how the Revolution impacted the outside world--in Jamaica and Gibraltar, and in Britain itself. George Washington is a peripheral figure, and Benedict Arnold's betrayal is told from the perspective of Peggy Shippen, his young loyalist wife. Bell, an esteemed professor at the University of Maryland, knows how to hold the ear and activate the mind. Even listeners versed in the American Revolution will be enriched by his retelling, so uniquely conceived and skillfully told. [Published: JANUARY 2026]