This landmark work is a must-read for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the American Revolution and its lasting impact on the nation's development.
What is believed to be the first history of the American Revolution by an American was written by a woman. Mercy Otis Warren was the wife of Massachusetts revolutionary leader General James Warren.
This work (in the first new edition since 1805) is an exciting and comprehensive study of the events of the American Revolution, from the Stamp Act Crisis of 1765 through the ratification of the Constitution in 1788-1789.
All Mercy Otis Warren's work was published anonymously until 1790. She wrote several plays, including the satiric The Adulateur: A Tragedy, as it is Now Acted in Upper Servia (1772).
The novel is a blend of romance and drama, with strong female characters at its center, navigating a society fraught with repressive norms and power struggles.