The Age of Revolution (History of the English Speaking Peoples, 3)
by Winston S. Churchill Author
(From Amazon): From William of Orange to Marlborough at Blenheim in 1704 and ending with Wellington's defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, Winston Churchill recounts Britain's rise to world leadership over the course of the eighteenth century in The Age of Revolution. Churchill's unique literary voice, to tell us his thoughts on the forces that shaped human affairs.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0-88029-425-6
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 25
- Pages
- 385
- Suggested Grades
- 9th - 12th
- Geographical Setting
- Europe, England, France, and North America
- Historical Setting
- 1688 - 1815
- Publisher
- Dorset Press
- Copyright
- 1990
- Written
- 1957
Chapters
- I William of Orange
- II Continental War
- III The Spanish Succession
- IV Marlborough
- V Oudenarde and Malplaquet
- VI The Treaty of Utrecht
- VII The House of Hanover
- VIII Sir Robert Walpole
- IX The Ausrian Sucession and the "Forty-Five"
- X The American Colonies
- XI The First World War
- XII The Quarrel With America
- XIII The War of Independence
- XIV The United States
- XV The Indian Empire
- XVI The Younger Pitt
- XVII The American Constitution
- XVIII The French Revolution
- XIX France Confronted
- XX Trafalfar
- XXI The Emperor of the French
- XXII The Peninsular War and the Fall of Napoleon
- XXIII Washington, Adams, and Jefferson
- XXIV The War of 1812
- XXV Elba and Waterloo
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