Colley, Linda

"A groundbreaking work that retells modern history through the rise and spread of written constitutions--some enlightened, many oppressive--to every corner of the globe"--Provided by publisher.

Recounts major events in British history and describes major political figures and the individual Briton.

Examines the life of eighteenth-century English adventurer Elizabeth Marsh and how it was shaped by world events such as the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution, discussing her capture by pirates, Sultan Sidi Muhammad's attempt to make her a part of his harem, her eighteen-month tour of India, her marriage to a British merchant, their bankruptcies, and other topics.