The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World

Longlisted for the Cundill History Prize

Vivid and magisterial, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen reconfigures the rise of a modern world through the advent and spread of written constitutions.

A work of extraordinary range and striking originality, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen traces the global history of written constitutions from the 1750s to the twentieth century, modifying accepted narratives and uncovering the close c...