Redcoat

Author : Bernard Cornwell
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062955969
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Redcoat written by Bernard Cornwell and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is autumn 1777, and the cradle of liberty, Philadelphia, has fallen to the British. Yet the true battle has only just begun. On both sides, loyalties are tested and families torn asunder. The young Redcoat Sam Gilpin has seen his brother die. Now he must choose between duty to a distant king and the call of his own conscience. And for the men and women of the prosperous Becket family, the Revolution brings bitter conflict between those loyal to the crown and those with dreams of liberty. Soon, across the fields of ice and blood in a place called Valley Forge, history will be rewritten, changing the lives and fortunes of these men and women forever.

Author : Richard Holmes
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393052114
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Redcoat written by Richard Holmes and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the letters and diaries of the British soldiers who served as the backbone of the army from 1760 to 1860, this illuminating book is rich in the history of a fascinating era. of illustrations.

Author : Dolley Carlson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510743324
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Red Coat written by Dolley Carlson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think Downton Abbey, set in the heart of Boston Irish domestic worker Norah King's decision to ask her wealthy employer, Caroline Parker, for an elegant red coat that the Beacon Hill matriarch has marked for donation ignites a series of events that neither woman could have fathomed. The unlikely exchange will impact their respective daughters and families for generations to come, from the coat's original owner, marriage-minded collegian Cordelia Parker, to the determined and spirited King sisters of South Boston, Rosemary, Kay, and Rita. As all of these young women experience the realities of life – love and loss, conflict and joy, class prejudices and unexpected prospects – the red coat reveals the distinction between cultures, generations, and landscapes in Boston during the 1940s and 50s, a time of change, challenge, and opportunity. Meet the proud, working-class Irish and staid, upper-class Brahmins through the contrasting lives of these two families and their friends and neighbors. See how the Parkers and the Kings each overcome sudden tragedy with resolve and triumph. And witness the profound impact of a mother’s heart on her children’s souls. Carlson brings us front and center with her knowing weave of Celtic passion – both tragic and joyful – words of wisdom, romance, humor, and historical events. Dive into Boston feet first! The Red Coat is a rich novel that chronicles the legacy of Boston from both sides of the city, Southie and the Hill.

Author : Stephen Brumwell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521675383
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Redcoats written by Stephen Brumwell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-09 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade, scholarship has highlighted the significance of the Seven Years War for the destiny of Britain's Atlantic empire. This major 2001 study offers an important perspective through a vivid and scholarly account of the regular troops at the sharp end of that conflict's bloody and decisive American campaigns. Sources are employed to challenge enduring stereotypes regarding both the social composition and military prowess of the 'redcoats'. This shows how the humble soldiers who fought from Novia Scotia to Cuba developed a powerful esprit de corps that equipped them to defy savage discipline in defence of their 'rights'. It traces the evolution of Britain's 'American Army' from a feeble, conservative and discredited organisation into a tough, flexible and innovative force whose victories ultimately won the respect of colonial Americans. By providing a voice for these neglected shock-troops of empire, Redcoats adds flesh and blood to Georgian Britain's 'sinews of power'.

Author : Constance Savery
Publisher : Bethlehem Books
ISBN 13 : 1883937426
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reb and the Redcoats written by Constance Savery and published by Bethlehem Books. This book was released on 1999-04-18 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an interesting turnabout, the Revolutionary War is seen through the eyes of a British family to whom an American prisoner of war has been entrusted. Technically the young prisoner is in Uncle Lawrence's custody, but the children soon forge a forbidden friendship with him after he nearly dies in an attempted escape. He becomes the Reb and they, his Redcoats. But when they learn of some events leading to his coming to Europe, even Uncle Lawrence, embittered by the unjust death of a friend in America, thaws toward him-but this doesn't stop the Reb from scheming to escape. Constance Savery deftly weaves themes of trust and forgiveness into an interesting plot with likeable characters.

Author : Richard Gnann
Publisher : Mascot Books
ISBN 13 : 9781937406561
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dreaming of the Redcoat Band written by Richard Gnann and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jody dreams of running across the Sanford Stadium field and Dad helps to make the dream come true. If your blood runs Red and Black, if you dream Bulldog dreams, this book is for you.

Author : Christopher Hibbert
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1844156990
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Redcoats and Rebels written by Christopher Hibbert and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2008-01-30 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a thorough introduction to the War of American Independence. Told with great authority and clarity the book describes and details the effects of each notable event from 1770 to 1781. The book examines each of the major battles and skirmishes but does not get bogged down in deep analysis of battle formations and strategies. Instead the book concentrates on the war as a whole and its political and ecomonic impacts on Britain and America and consequently how each commander's startegy was affected. The book is littered with anecdotes to give the reader a clearer understanding of how the war affected the lives of those involved.

Author : Stuart Reid
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780966539
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Redcoat 1740–93 written by Stuart Reid and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During this period, the British army earned itself a formidable reputation as a fighting force. However, due to its role as a police force at home, and demonisation by American propaganda, the army was viewed as little removed from a penal institution run by aristocratic dilettantes. This view, still held by many today, is challenged by Stuart Reid, who paints a picture of an increasingly professional force. This was an important time of change and improvement for the British Army, and British Redcoat 1740-1793 fully brings this out in its comprehensive examination of the lives, conditions and experiences of the late 18th-century infantryman.

Author : C. C. Finlay
Publisher : Random House of Canada
ISBN 13 : 9780345503923
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Demon Redcoat written by C. C. Finlay and published by Random House of Canada. This book was released on 2009 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a powerful demon, summoned by the secret society of European witches known as the Covenant, tries to possess their newborn infant, Proctor and Deborah, embarking on a desperate journey to Europe to destroy the Covenant, uncover a dark, necromantic design of epic proportions. Original.

Author : Clifford Riley
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545443199
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Operation Trinity (The 39 Clues: The Cahill Files, Book 1) written by Clifford Riley and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand new adventure from the world of The 39 Clues!For 500 years, the Cahills have been the most powerful family in the world. For 500 years, they've protected the source of their power - the 39 Clues. And for 500 years, they've kept their secrets silent. Until now.This extraordinary stand-alone novel cracks open the Cahill vault to tell the story of the most coveted piece of artwork in the world, a masterpiece that has been the target of seven separate theft attempts: Jan van Eyck’s altarpiece at Ghent. OPERATION TRINITY chronicles the first Vesper attack on the altarpiece in the 1600s, then jumps to WWII and young Grace Cahill’s desperate bid to save the masterwork from the Nazis. The final piece of the novel tells the story of Ian and Natalie Kabra’s first solo operation and features an 11th hour appearance by Grace Cahill on her final mission.History will never be the same.