When London was capital of America
“ Beautifully reimagining a city that was a distant but integral part of American life... essential reading ”Andrea Wulf, New York Times Book Review Read More Reviews...
Georgian London gets an American makeover in this first-ever biography of the famous city as the capital of the American colonies. For colonists like Benjamin Franklin, London was the simply the most exciting place to be in the British Empire.
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Announcements
Just published: a new tour of Georgian Fleet Street
Whether you are an armchair tourist or a world traveller, this self-guided tour, based on Julie Flavell’s unrivalled expertise, shows you Fleet Street and the historic Inns of Court at a time when American plantation owners and their slaves lived in the area. Read More...
Historic London Walks
Take a walk through this city and discover Colonial America's biggest living history museum. The one-time capital
of the 13 Colonies has enough Colonial landmarks to rival Boston and Philadelphia combined.
Publications
The Plot to kidnap George III
New Yorker Stephen Sayre became the first American prisoner in the Tower of London when he hatched a terrorist plot to kidnap the King and save American liberties.
A Trick on the Eye
An 18th century painting discovered in a second-hand stall held clues to a long-forgotten crime.
An American Slave in Georgian London
For South Carolina slave Robert Scipio, a trip to London in 1771 with his master Henry Laurens would be an empowering new experience.
Julie Flavell
I was born in the United States and grew up in Massachusetts, where I acquired a life-long interest in the
American Revolution.