Lecture: Joseph J. Ellis, Author of The Cause

Name: Lecture: Joseph J. Ellis, Author of The Cause
Start: 2022-04-07T19:00:00
End: 2022-04-07T20:00:00
Location: George Washington's Mount Vernon

Apr. 07, 2022 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

George Washington's Mount Vernon 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Mount Vernon, Virginia 22121

Jan. 31, 2022

4:46 p.m.

Joseph J. Ellis

Hear from one of the most celebrated scholars of American history, Joseph J. Ellis. With his newest book, The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents 1773-1783, he brings the story of the revolution to vivid life for our modern era.

The Cause tells the military and political story of the war for independence from the ground up, and from all sides: British and American, loyalist and patriot, white and Black.

Taking us from the end of the Seven Years’ War to 1783, and drawing on a wealth of previously untapped sources, The Cause interweaves action-packed tales of North American military campaigns with parlor-room intrigues back in England, creating a thrilling narrative that brings together a cast of familiar and long-forgotten characters.