Download Inventing Freedom: How the English-Speaking Peoples Made the Modern World Audiobook

“This is a distinguished, perceptive, and helpful contribution to the political debate.”

“The story of the English-speaking peoples is the story of freedom—across the globe, across the generations, to a degree unknown in any other culture. It is a great tale, and there is no one better to tell it than Daniel Hannan.”

“Daniel Hannan is admired and respected for the clarity of his convictions and his ability to articulate them with profundity and pragmatism. His intellect is unmatched, his wit softens the blows of his stinging assessment of the decline of Western civilization, and his courage to take on pompous political correctness is a joy to behold!”

“Daniel Hannan reminds us of what it means to be Americans. Our rights were not invented overnight. They had deep roots in the English liberal tradition. Hannan traces those roots—from the Philadelphia Convention through the Magna Carta—back to their earliest origins. Every American, and especially supporters of the current administration, should read this book.”

“With the eloquence of Macaulay or Trevelyan—both of whom are liberally quoted here—Hannan sweeps us through English history to show the triumph of law-based liberty and ‘that total understanding which can only exist between people speaking the same tongue.’”

“Equal parts history and political theory, Inventing Freedom is a thought-provoking and stirring read for the holidays.”

“Hannan’s well-written book is an excellent politically incorrect history of England.”

“Hannan, a well-known conservative writer and politician in Great Britain, tells the story of English contributions to the modern world and the rise of what he calls the ‘Anglosphere’…Hannan’s book adds up to an entertaining, readable narrative of English triumphs in law, religion, and freedom and celebrates the Anglosphere’s ‘sublime tradition.’ At the finish, he encourages his readers to act as stewards of their rich legacy.”

“Freedom, parliamentary democracy, and equality before the law are not universal values but products of a specific English-speaking civilization. Here is a powerful and convincing thesis put across in vivid, rich, and enjoyable prose.”