An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America

Speaker: Nicholas Bunker; Recorded October 2, 2014 - Written from a strikingly fresh perspective, this account of the Boston Tea Party and the origins of the American Revolution shows how a lethal blend of politics, personalities, and economics led to a war that few people welcomed but nobody could prevent. Publishers Weekly says, “A nuanced global analysis of Britain’s failure to hold onto its American colonies. . . riveting. . . With a sharp eye for economic realities, Bunker persuasively demonstrates why the American Revolution had to happen.” Nick Bunker is the author of Making Haste from Babylon . He was a journalist for the Liverpool Echo and the Financial Times, and then an investment banker. He lives in Lincolnshire, England.