{"product_id":"the-british-are-coming-the-war-for-america-lexington-to-princeton-1775-1777","title":"The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe paperback edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e bestseller that the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003esaid \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ewas “chock full of momentous events and larger-than-life characters.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAn Army at Dawn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative histories. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he recounts the first twenty-one months of America’s violent war for independence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the world’s most formidable fighting force. It is a gripping saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes a brilliant battle captain; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves to be the wiliest of diplomats; George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. The story is also told from the British perspective, making the mortal conflict between the redcoats and the rebels all the more compelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull of riveting details and untold stories, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe British Are Coming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering. Rick Atkinson, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Fate of the Day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, has given stirring new life to the first act of our country’s creation drama.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Morgan Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48577044742361,"sku":"9781250231321","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/6246\/2681\/files\/TheBritishAreComing.jpg?v=1777382455","url":"https:\/\/shop.themorgan.org\/products\/the-british-are-coming-the-war-for-america-lexington-to-princeton-1775-1777","provider":"The Morgan Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}