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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.
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The Fort, Bernard Cornwell
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2011
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- (In brossura)
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- Titolo
- The Fort
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Bernard Cornwell
- Editore
- Harper
- Pubblicato
- 2011
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 496
- ISBN10
- 0007331754
- ISBN13
- 9780007331758
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Prosa storica, Avventura, Tensione, USA, Prosa di guerra, Guerre, XIX Secolo, Letteratura inglese, America, XVIII secolo, Coraggio, Soldati, Marina militare, Rivoluzione Americana
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1998
- Titolo originale
- Sharpe’s fortress
- Valutazione
- 4,15 su 5
- Descrizione
- 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.