A Prologue to Revolution: The Political Career of George Grenville (1712-1770). By Allen S. Johnson. (Lanham, N.Y. and London: University Press of America, Inc., 1997. Pp. xi, 353. $55.00.) George Grenville, prime minister of Britain from 1763 to 1765, is remembered for...

My father spent the majority of his life at sea and listening to his tales I felt as if I'd travelled the world with him, although I was a stay-at- homey child. But I'm now the one with the travel bug who's had off-the-...

Ponders what George Grenville could have done to prevent the Seven Years War (otherwise known as the French and Indian War). Offers an alternative scenario which could have prevented the conflict by treating the American colonists more fairly.