num_pages: 412
description: Stephen Saunders Webb argues that both England and its American social experiments were the underdeveloped elements of an empire emerging on both sides of the Atlantic and that the pivotal moment of that empire, the so-called Glorious Revolution, was in fact a military coup driven by religious fears.
language: English
title: Lord Churchill's Coup: The Anglo-American Empire and the Glorious Revolution Reconsidered
titlecomplete: Lord Churchill's Coup: The Anglo-American Empire and the Glorious Revolution Reconsidered
characters: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, William Blathwayt, William III of England and II of Scotland, Mary II of England, Scotland and Ireland, Edmund Andros, George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, Anne, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, Percy Kirke, Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth, Louis XIV of France, James II of England and VII of Scotland
genres: History
ratings_count: 12
places: North America
series: The Governors-General
publisher: Syracuse University Press