rick atkinson the british are coming trilogy

18, 1774, at “48 minutes past mid-night.” George was “a demon for details,” the author writes. “Blows must decide,” he wrote Lord North, his chief minister, in a note dated Nov. The king had come to see war with America as inevitable.

The book begins not in Boston or, for that matter, anywhere in America, but in England at the desk of George III. Perfect material for a storyteller as masterly as Mr. Atkinson’s book, the first in a planned Revolution Trilogy, shares this secret sentiment, too, offering an enchantingly seductive account of the war, from the Battle of Lexington (1775) to the Battle of Princeton (1777), and is chock full of momentous events and larger-than-life characters.

As Rick Atkinson tells us in “The British Are Coming,” they shared “an ancient, squalid secret: that war was an enchantment, a sorcery, a seductive spectacle like no other, beguiling the eye and gorging the senses.” Mr.

Photo: Bettmann Archiveįor everything that separated the patriots, the loyalists and the British troops who fought in the American Revolution, they all had something in common. The Revolution Trilogy, by Rick Atkinson The Epic Story of the American Revolution Home Books Author Maps & Timeline Illustrations & Video Interviews Events Contact Events & News Events Find out the latest happenings with Rick Atkinson and with the publication of the first volume of the Revolution Trilogy: Please check back soon for new events. Download or stream The British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson, George Newbern for free on hoopla. American colonists and British soldiers exchange fire at the Battle of Lexington, 1775.

Rick atkinson the british are coming trilogy