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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
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- Released
- 2011
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- Title
- The Fort
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bernard Cornwell
- Publisher
- Harper
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 496
- ISBN10
- 0007331754
- ISBN13
- 9780007331758
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Suspense, USA, Military Fiction, Wars, 19th century, English Literature, America, 18th century, Courage, Soldiers, Navy, American Revolution
- First published
- 1998
- Original title
- Sharpe’s fortress
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- 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.