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This book is the first to examine in detail the onset of the American Revolution through the prism of friendship, focusing on the friendship between future US president John Adams and leading American Loyalist Jonathan Sewall. It is part biography, exploring how Adams and Sewall consciously shaped each other's development, and part political history, exploring their intriguing quest to clean up colonial politics. It is also part literary history, examining how the writings of both men culminated in an extraordinary series of public letters published in 1774 and 1775 on the eve of the...

In his first novel, Owen Dudley Edwards views the story of the pilgrimage and passion of "Jesus Christ" through the eyes of Johnny, his youngest disciple.

"Johnny loved Jesus. Read this breathtaking novel, and you can imagine how he came to write the wonderful Fourth Gospel." "Richard Holloway "

"It is not only a marvellous synthesis of the historical and literary imagination, but also a deeply moving meditation on childhood and its centrality to our culture." "Declan Kiberd"

"Big, bold experiment, and a timely reminder that the greatest stories ever told are always open to fresh...