{"product_id":"the-fort-a-novel-of-the-revolutionary-war-isbn-9780061969638","title":"The Fort: A Novel of the Revolutionary War","description":"“The most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today.” —\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Readers who haven’t discovered Bernard Cornwell don’t know what they are missing.” —\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author \u003cem\u003eVince Flynn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eAgincourt\u003c\/em\u003e, the Saxon Tales, and the beloved Richard Sharpe series, Bernard Cornwell’s \u003cem\u003eThe Fort \u003c\/em\u003eplunges prow-first into the largest naval clash of the Revolutionary War. Fans of the Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles and \u003cem\u003eThe Burning Land \u003c\/em\u003ewill thrill to Cornwell’s triumphant return to American historical fiction in this gripping story of courage, strength and patriotism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e | \u003cp\u003eWhile the major fighting of the 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 desolate and fog-bound coast of New England. Establishing a garrison and naval base at Penobscot Bay, in the eastern province of Massachusetts that would become Maine, the Scots—the only British troops between Canada and New York—harry rebel privateers and give shelter to American loyalists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn response, Massachusetts sends a fleet of more than forty vessels and some one thousand infantrymen to “captivate, kill or destroy” the foreign invaders. Second in command is Peleg Wadsworth, a veteran of the battles at Lexington and Long Island, once aide to General Washington, and a man who sees clearly what must be done to expel the invaders. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut ineptitude and irresolution lead to a mortifying defeat—and have stunning repercussions for two men on opposite sides: an untested eighteen-year-old Scottish lieutenant named John Moore, who will begin an illustrious military career; and a Boston silversmith and patriot named Paul Revere, who will face court-martial for disobedience and cowardice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrounded firmly in history, inimitably told in Cornwell's thrilling narrative style, \u003cem\u003eThe Fort\u003c\/em\u003e is the extraordinary novel of this fascinating clash between a superpower and a nation in the making.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Nobody in the world does this stuff better than Cornwell—action set six hundred years ago is as fresh and vital as six days ago, with rough, tough men at war, proving once again that nothing changes... least of all great storytelling.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLee Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In The Fort, Bernard Cornwell, author of some 45 scrupulously researched and well-received fictional accounts of battles Arthurian and Napoleonic, takes a little-known event-but in a place that many readers know-and gives it the same on-the-ground treatment, backed up by a detailed historical note. As always in Cornwell’s military epics, there are nice human touches.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Kenney, Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bernard Cornwell doesn’t know how to be dull. . . . He holds his audience with a seemingly effortless command of historical detail that’s actually the product of painstaking research.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLee Randall, The Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cornwell captures the men’s characters and dramatizes the whole thing perfectly.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eToby Clements, Daily Telegraph (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An outstanding effort by a master of the genre.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCurtis Edmonds, Bookreporter.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Historical novels stand or fall on detail, and Mr. Cornwell writes as if he has been to ninth-century Wessex and back.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Shippey, Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cornwell’s historical accuracy is excellent.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiana Gabaldon, Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cornwell turns his key historical eye on the Penobscot Expedition. . . . Illuminating the battle from all angles and telling the story from both sides, Cornwell once again offers a fresh perspective on a stirring episode in martial history.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret Flanagan, Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Is a rousing yarn of clashing personalities, crashing cannons, and lively musket and bayonet work, along with spies, cowardice, and moments of incredible bravery. Cornwell presents a fascinating, accurate, and exciting history lesson enlivened with a generous blast of gun smoke and grapeshot.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A readable and thoroughly researched.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cornwell at his best is a fine storyteller with a flair for describing battles and individual combat in a way that’s exciting and easy to follow. He weaves the fictional and the factual together so you can hardly tell where the novel stops and the history lesson begins.  In The Fort, he has stuck closely to the events and characters history dealt him, and the result is one of his most successful books. . . . The novel is both an exciting account of a mostly forgotten event and a thoughtful exploration of the absurdity and futility of war. . . . This book succeeds as both fiction and history.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Drummond, NPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889287524581,"sku":"NP9780061969638","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061969638.jpg?v=1730230933","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-fort-a-novel-of-the-revolutionary-war-isbn-9780061969638","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}