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The British are coming: the war for America, 1775-1777
Hardback. English.
Published
London: William Collins, 2019
With its start-to-finish battle narratives, the book captures the experience of the war and the profound emotional depths on display from the beginning...
The glorious cause: the American Revolution, 1763-1789
Book. English.
Published
New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982
Recounts the events leading up to the Revolution and discusses the major leaders, campaigns, and battles of the war
The first salute
Book. English.
Published
London: Joseph, 1989, c1988
This study gives a provocative and searching view of the pivotal events of the American Revolution examining the key role played by the opposing navies...
A girl called Samson
Paperback. English.
Published
Seattle: Lake Union Publishing, 2023
In 1760, Deborah Samson is born to Puritan parents in Plympton, Massachusetts. When her father abandons the family and her mother is unable to support...
The men who lost America: British Command during the Revolutionary War and the Preservation of the Empire
Paperback. English.
Published
London: Oneworld, 2014
In 1871, the British Empire suffered its most humiliating defeat in a war they should have won. Blame has traditionally been cast at the feet of incompetent...
The struggle for sea power: the Royal Navy vs the world, 1775-1782
Paperback. English.
Published
London: Atlantic Books, 2018
New edition
In 1775 thirteen isolated colonies, without a navy or an army, began a war with Britain to win their independence from the greatest naval and military...
Rough crossings: Britain, the slaves and the American Revolution
Hardback. English.
Published
London: BBC, 2005
For life and liberty: the story of the Declaration of independence
Book. English.
Published
New York: J. Messner, (1969)
Examines the events and circumstances which prompted the writing of the document which united the thirteen colonies and became the basis of the Constitution...
Whispers across the Atlantick: General William Howe and the American Revolution
Hardback. English.
Published
Oxford: Osprey, 2017
General William Howe was the commander-in-chief of the British forces during the early campaigns of the Revolutionary War (1775-1783). He was an enigma...
The scent of death
Hardback. English.
Published
London: HarperCollins, 2013
Manhattan, 1778. A city of profiteers, loyalists and double agents. New York is home to a tide of refugees seeking justice from the British crown. Edward...
