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Bring Home the Revolution Bring Home the Revolution Bring Home the Revolution : The Case For a British Republic is a non-fiction book written by Jonathan Freedland and originally published in 1998 by Fourth Estate. Part travel book, part political and sociological examination of American society it is also a challenging argument for the introduction of Republicanism in Britain. The book was awarded the Somerset Maugham Award in 1999. Journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Freedland takes a meandering tour through the stubbornly varied states and regions of the United States meeting people of all racial and cultural persuasions and of all religious and political beliefs