Andre Mauroy, a classic of French literature of the 20th century, the author of the famous romanized biographies of Dumas, Balzac, Victor Hugo, Shelley and Byron, is considered a true master of psychological prose. However, a significant part of the writer's heritage is historical works. The history of the emergence of the United States of America was of particular interest to the writer, because it is in many ways unique. A powerful power with an ambiguous reputation formed in a completely new territory, the indigenous inhabitants of which could hardly resist the new settlers. In the struggle of colonists from different European countries, a new type of state arose. Andre Mauroy talks about many "forks" along this path, about the activities of the founding fathers, about important ties with the metropolises of the Old World. For the first time in Russian!