‘Captivate, kill or destroy the whole force of the enemy’ was the order given to the American soldiers.THE FORT is the blistering novel from worldwide bestseller Bernard Cornwell.Summer 1779.Seven hundred and fifty British soldiers and three small ships of the Royal Navy. Their orders: to build a fort above a harbour to create a base from which to control the New England seaboard.Forty-one American ships and over nine hundred men. Their orders: to expel the British.The battle that followed was a classic example of how the best-laid plans can be disrupted by personality and politics, and of how warfare can bring out both the best and worst in men. It is a timeless tale of men at war, written by a master storyteller.
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Bernard Cornwell. The Fort
Bernard Cornwell. The Fort
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Map
A NOTE ON NAMES AND TERMS
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
ELEVEN
TWELVE
THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN
HISTORICAL NOTE
HEROIC MYTHS
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna by Charles Wolfe 1791-1823
About the Author
Other Books by Bernard Cornwell
Credits
About the Publisher
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THE FORT
is dedicated, with great admiration, to
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‘I don’t know, sir.’
‘For sale in Boston!’ Saltonstall spat the words. ‘For sale, Mister Coningsby, in Boston, when our country has desperate need of cannon! It makes me angry, Mister Coningsby, it makes me angry indeed.’
