1789

The acclaimed author of The Terror examines the revolutionary transformations of the late eighteenth century in this “humane, compelling account” ( The Independent , UK). In 1789, the fates of France, the nascent United States, and their common enemy Britain, lay interlocked. Bankrupted by its support for America's revolution, France was now hurtling toward its own. The United State, hamstrung by crippling debt and inter-state rivalries, struggled to forge constitutional amendments that would be