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Liberty's Exiles is book which in scope and originality, global reach and research, intellectual curiosity and sheer provocative panache -- upturning in its wake whole apple-carts of unchallenged assumptions --can sustain comparison with Linda Colley or the young Simon Schama. The truth is that Maya Jasanoff is not just a very good writer, an indefatigable researcher and a fine historian, she is also a bit of a genius. William Dalrymple I can think of few books published in the past thirty years that shed more brilliant and revelatory light on the events of the revolutionary era than Liberty's Exiles. It is more than just a work of first-class scholarship! It is a deeply moving masterpiece that fulfils the historian's most challenging ambition: to revivify past experience. -- Niall Ferguson, author of Empire Maya Jasanoff's Liberty's Exiles places the loyalist experience and the aftermath of the American Revolution in an entirely new light. Alongside the Spirit of 1776, Jasanoff gives us the Spirit of 1783, dedicated to remaking the mighty British Empire, and then offers a stunning reinterpretation of the loyalists' complicated role in that remaking. Her meticulously researched and superbly written account is historical revision at its finest, and it affirms her place as one of the very finest historians of the rising generation. Sean Wilentz Praise for The Edge of Empire: 'This is a very clever and wonderfully researched and written book which illumines French as well as British imperial experience, artifacts and culture, and which looks at all the actors involved in a vivid and nuanced fashion. An original new voice' Linda Colley 'One of the most exciting historians to emerge in years. Her crackling prose and outstanding research have resulted in a ground-breaking book. A must-read.' Amanda Foreman 'Maya Jasanoff!triumphs in this memorable debut. This is partly because, mirroring her subject, she has adopted a vivacious methodology that defies category. Jasanoff's investigation of the world that made her evokes the midday sun, the unforgettable stench and blare of the East, but populates it with characters to whom the reader can relate, as strange as fiction, but actually found in real life.' Robert McCrum, Observer 'Brilliant!a riveting book that gives an entirely fresh dimension to our understanding of the expansion of empire!A historical tour de force, with wonderfully original material moulded into a convincing new narrative. Britain's empire will never look quite the same again.' Richard Gott, Guardia '[A] remarkable first book!the drama of Jasanoff's stories, and her infectious enthusiasm, make this a consuming read.' Sunday Times

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Maya Jasanoff is Coolidge Professor of history at Harvard University. Her first book, Edge of Empire, was awarded the 2005 Duff Cooper Prize and was a book of the year selection in numerous publications including the Economist, Guardian and Sunday Times. Her second, Liberty’s Exiles was shortlisted for the 2011 Samuel Johnson Prize (now Baillie Gifford). Her third book, The Dawn Watch, won the 2018 Cundill Prize –the richest non-fiction historical literature prize in the world – and was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Biography Prize. A 2013 Guggenheim Fellow, Jasanoff won the prestigious 2017 Windham-Campbell Prize for Non-Fiction. Her essays and reviews appear frequently in publications including The Guardian, the New York Times, and the New York Review of Books.

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