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Taking the Founders on their Own Terms: Eric Metaxas's Revolution:

Eric Metaxas’s Revolution is an entertaining and symbolic work faithful to the Founders’ perspective.

Joe Silva | June 22, 2026

In his defense of British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre, John Adams declared: “Facts are stubborn things... and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictums of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” It is the purpose of Eric Metaxas’s Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World, similar to Adams’s words, to present a more comprehensive reading of the facts of the American Revolution than has previously been offered.

Metaxas, the author of four New York Times Bestsellers, most notably the #1 Bestseller Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, has crafted a fast-paced narrative of the American Revolution that makes for an enjoyable 600-page ride through the genesis of our nation. While Revolution may not be the definitive historical statement on the American Revolution, this close reading of our Founders’ perspective, one that faithfully takes them on their own terms, is an admirable effort in anticipation of the 250th Anniversary of our nation’s founding.

Metaxas introduces his work with the perhaps over-bold claim that the “American Revolution is the only genuine revolution in the........

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