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Audio Cassette, [EAN: 9781449840532], Unabridged, Recorded Books, Recorded Books, Book, [PU: Recorded Books], Recorded Books, While the major fighting of the war moves to the south in the… Mehr…

Audio Cassette, [EAN: 9781449840532], Unabridged, Recorded Books, Recorded Books, Book, [PU: Recorded Books], Recorded Books, While the major fighting of the war moves to the south in the summer of 1779, a British force of fewer than a thousand Scottish infantry, backed by three sloops-of-war, sails to the desolate and fog-bound coast of New England. Establishing a garrison and naval base at Penobscot Bay, in the eastern province of Massachusetts that would become Maine, the Scots-the only British troops between Canada and New York-harry rebel privateers and give shelter to American loyalists. In response, Massachusetts sends a fleet of more than forty vessels and some one thousand infantrymen to "captivate, kill or destroy" the foreign invaders. Second in command is Peleg Wadsworth, a veteran of the battles at Lexington and Long Island, once aide to General Washington, and a man who sees clearly what must be done to expel the invaders. But ineptitude and irresolution lead to a mortifying defeat-and have stunning repercussions for two men on opposite sides: an untested eighteen-year-old Scottish lieutenant named John Moore, who will begin an illustrious military career; and a Boston silversmith and patriot named Paul Revere, who will face court-martial for disobedience and cowardice. Grounded firmly in history, inimitably told in Cornwell's thrilling narrative style, The Fort is the extraordinary novel of this fascinating clash between a superpower and a nation in the making., 10195, War, 10134, Genre Fiction, 17, Literature & Fiction, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 720360, Action & Adventure, 10192708011, Classics, 10159265011, Fantasy, 10159267011, Men's Adventure, 10159268011, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, 10159272011, Romance, 16273, Science Fiction, 10159273011, Sea Adventures, 10159274011, Short Stories, 10159275011, War & Military, 10159276011, Women's Adventure, 17, Literature & Fiction, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<