The story is also told from the British perspective, making the mortal conflict between the redcoats and the rebels all the more compelling. Full of riveting details and untold stories, The British Are Coming is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering.
"The British Are Coming is an exquisite masterpiece of history by one of the nation’s foremost writers and historians. There is a newness, eloquence, and immediacy in Atkinson’s telling that surpasses any previous Revolutionary War narrative; it conveys to the reader a sense of discovering the American Revolution for the very first time, in ...
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton ...
Although he didn't yell, "The British are coming!" Revere did manage to warn all of Lexington about the British invasion in the hours before he spurred a horse toward Concord. After the American Revolution, Revere -- an accomplished goldsmith and silversmith -- expanded his business to include a foundry from which he produced cannons and cast ...
The British are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 is a meticulously and deeply researched history of the American Revolution by renowned historian Rick Atkinson. This first volume of the anticipated Revolution Trilogy was riveting as you watch the struggling Continental Army up against the mighty and formidable forces of the British Army and Royal Navy dispatched ...
White House X post: 'THE BRITISH ARE COMING!' — a Revolutionary War nod as King Charles the Third visits.
The British Are Coming is a 2019 history book by American writer Rick Atkinson. The book is the first in Atkinson’s Revolution Trilogy. Spanning April 1775 to January 1777, it traces the clash between rag-tag colonial militias and the world’s strongest army, revealing how an internal colonial rebellion became a global fight for independence. The book addresses themes including The Birth of ...