A collection of 20 essays, by a distinguished panel of specialists in British and American history, that explores the complex political, economic, intellectual,

It may surprise many that William Penn, who founded one of the thirteen original American colonies, spent just four years on American soil. Even more surprising

"This book features: the integration of English history with Penn's personal struggles and accomplishments (and shows how specific events affected Penn and the

The son of a wealthy, repected admiral, William Penn did what was forbidden in seventeenth-century England--he openly practiced the Quaker religion. Penn dreame

King Charles II of England gave Pennsylvania to Quaker William Penn in repayment for a loan that Penns father had made to the king. The king probably thought he