Set both in England and in America, Emma Corbett is the moving
story of a family torn apart by the American revolutionary war.
Edward Corbett and Henry Hammond are brought up together and go on
to marry each other's sisters, but fight on opposite sides in the
war. Emma Corbett, Edward's sister, follows Henry to Pennsylvania.
Disguised as a man, she fights for the British before finding Henry
and saving his life, but the war and its aftermath have tragic
consequences for all four young people. This powerful epistolary
novel was a transatlantic best-seller, in part because both sides
of the conflict are fully represented-as are the miseries and
terrible costs of war. Appendices include contemporary reviews as
well as contemporary writings on heroism, sensibility, and women
and war. A series of personal letters between Pratt (writing as
Courtney Melmoth) and Benjamin Franklin, for whom he worked in
France, are also included.
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