While the major fighting of the Revolutionary 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 fogbound coast of New England. In response, Massachusetts sends a fleet of more than forty vessels and some one thousand infantrymen to “captivate, kill or destroy” the foreign invaders. But ineptitude and irresolution lead to a mortifying defeat—and have stunning repercussions for two men on oppositesides: an untested young Scottish lieutenant named John Mooreand a Boston silversmith and patriot named Paul Revere.Inimitably told in Cornwell’s thrilling narrative style, The Fortis the extraordinary novel of this fascinating clash between asuperpower and a nation in the making.
| Autor: | Cornwell, Bernard |
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| ISBN: | 9780062011220 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Harper Collins (US) |
| Veröffentlicht: | 28.09.2010 |
| Untertitel: | A Novel of the Revolutionary War |
| Schlagworte: | FICTION: Action & Adventure FICTION: Biographical FICTION: Historical / Colonial America & Revolution FICTION: Historical / General FICTION: Historical / Medieval FICTION: Literary FICTION: Thrillers / Historical FICTION: Thrillers / Military FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense FICTION: War & Military |
BERNARD CORNWELL is the author of over fifty novels, including the acclaimed New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales, which serve as the basis for the hit Netflix series The Last Kingdom. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod and in Charleston, South Carolina.