Introduction: A world turned upside down
The Empress of China : the Boston Tea Party and the fight for free trade
Disunited kingdom : the British people and the American war
Shock troops : Hessian soldiers and the counterinsurgency campaign
Molly Brant : native diplomacy and the fight for indigenous independence
The line of Ireland : Erin's solder's and the transatlantic struggle for liberty
Baron Steuben : the Prussian drillmaster at Valley Forge
Long live King Louis : the French alliance and the road to Yorktown
William Russell : privateers, prisoners, and Britain's black holes
The crown jewels : the battle for the British Caribbean
Harry Washington : slavery, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness in Africa
The Spanish reconquest : dreams and defeats in Spain's New World
Independence lost : the invasion of India and the rebirth of empire
Warra warra : the convict crisis and the odyssey to Australia
Peggy Shippen : loyalists, mongrels, and the great refugee resettlement
Conclusion: A vast globe sent up into the air
