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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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- Année de publication
- 2011
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- Titre
- The Fort
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Bernard Cornwell
- Éditeur
- Harper
- Publié
- 2011
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 496
- ISBN10
- 0007331754
- ISBN13
- 9780007331758
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Romans historiques, Aventure, Suspense, Prose de guerre, Guerres, États-Unis, 19e siècle, Littérature anglaise, Amérique, XVIIIe siècle, Courage, Soldats, Révolution américaine, Marine
- Première publication
- 1998
- Titre original
- Sharpe’s fortress
- Évaluation
- 4,15 sur 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.