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The British Are Coming - The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (Hardcover)
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The British Are Coming - The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (Hardcover)
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'To say that Atkinson can tell a story is like saying Sinatra can
sing ... A powerful new voice has been added to the dialogue about
[America's] origins as a people and a nation. It is difficult to
imagine any reader putting this beguiling book down without a smile
and a tear.' New York Times In June 1773, King George III attended
a grand celebration of his reign over the greatest, richest empire
since ancient Rome. Less than two years later, Britain's bright
future turned dark: after a series of provocations, the king's
soldiers took up arms against his rebellious colonies in America.
The war would last eight years, and though at least one in ten of
the Americans who fought for independence would die for that cause,
the prize was valuable beyond measure: freedom from oppression and
the creation of a new republic. Rick Atkinson, author of the
Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books
about the Second World War has long been admired for his
unparalleled ability to write deeply researched, stunningly vivid
narrative history. In this new book, he tells the story of the
first twenty-one months of America's violent effort to forge a new
nation. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to
those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1776-77, American
militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the world's
most formidable fighting force and struggle to avoid annihilation.
It is a gripping saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry
Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of
artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes one
of America's greatest battle captains; Benjamin Franklin, the
self-made man who proves himself the nation's wiliest diplomat;
George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult
art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. Full of riveting
details and untold stories, The British Are Coming is a tale of
heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and
profound suffering. Rick Atkinson has given stirring new life to
the first act of America's creation drama.
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