New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan

“A fascinating social and political history.” —The New York Times Book Review“Vivid and provocative; [Lepore] evokes eighteenth-century New York in all its moral and physical messiness.” —The New Yorker“A vivid and convincing account of the ‘plot’ and its aftermath. . . . [A] sober, meticulous, balanced book” —The Washington Post Book World “A historical study that is both intellectually rigorous and broadly accessible. . . . The type of book that we need to read and historians need to write, more often.” —Newsday“[Lepore] brings this terrifying period vividly to life. . . . A gripping read that shows how quickly fear spread through a city resting upon a terrible imbalance.” —Newark Star-Ledger"The most vivid and telling description of life and death in a colonial seaport yet produced by a historian. With a lacerating attention to detail, Lepore reveals teh tragedies endured and inflicted in a colonial society that combined freedom and slavery in crowded towns of start cruelty and vaunting ambitions."  —The New Republic