The Great Upheaval

RecordedBooks, 2007. Audio Cassette. Good. Unabridged audiobook on 26 cassettes in two clamshell cases, approximately 31.5 hours. Narrated by Jonathan Davis. A retired library copy, with typical markings; case and cassettes in good condition. Publishers Weekly Starred Review: "The years 1788 to 1800 must be numbered among the most tumultuous in history, as bestselling author Winik (April 1865) magnificently demonstrates in this aptly titled book. The nascent United States, tormented by three rebellions of its own, tottered as France descended into bloody terror and imperial Russia fought the Ottomans.... The emphasis on Russian and French affairs marks Winik as being in the forefront of a growing campaign to globalize America's national history: to view the larger age and frame the story as one continuous, interlocking narrative rather than to focus myopically on events in the United States. The world then was far more interconnected than we realize, Winik writes.... Buttressed by impeccable research, vividly narrated and deftly organized, this is popular history of the highest order...