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The second of Roberts's epic novels of the American Revolution, Rabble in Arms was hailed by one critic as the greatest historical novel written about America upon its publication in 1933. Love, treachery, ambition, and idealism motivate an unforgettable cast of characters in a magnificent novel renowned not only for the beauty and horror of its story but also for its historical accuracy.… (altro)
This is the story of Benedict Arnold in his glory and the early Continental Army. It is historical fiction, and very well written. Six years ago I would have been absorbed in the story and immersed. Roberts writes historical fiction which is very readable. However, at present I simply can't make myself read it. I find myself annoyed more than pleased with the main characters, one a young, arrogant man who is twitterpated with a woman of mystery and intrigue; the other his older "sensible" brother who seems very ineffective. The endless marches of the army, the hardships, toils and defeats are more than my patience will allow me at this time. So I have set it aside, unrated. ( )
Just starting this book. Am enjoying it so far two Americans in Britain at the start of the Revolution encounter an American/French woman and her Canadian Uncle. The protagonists have found a berth on board a French frigate returning to the States... ( )
Read 2008 Accurate and colorful account of the early days of the American Revolution. You learn a healthy respect for all the Benedict Arnold did for the cause before becoming disillusioned with the way the war was going. The reader gets caught up in the events and become friends with the characters. I started with Arundel and, in 2008, read all of the Kenneth Roberts books in a row that were on the subject of the war. ( )
I read this as a kid and it was the first itme that I had ever seen anything sympathetic towards Benedict Arnold. The novel follows "Arundel" and takes us through the frantic construction of boats to be used to try to prevent the English from sailing down Lake Champlain from Canada. The action takes through the decisive battle at Saratoga, which marked a turning point in the Americans' battle for independence.
Written with rich, colorful language, and a host of characters, both fictional and real historical figures, this book lets you smell the powder and hear the sounds of battle all around you. ( )
A gripping story of intrigue during the American Revolution. My high school history teacher gave me this novel to read before I went into AP American History. It got me really excited to be taking the class. ( )
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A rabble in arms, flushed with success and insolence. --General Burgoyne to Lord Rochfort describing American troops before Boston.
We are starving, and unless something very efficacious for the supply of the army is done very speedily, we must disband or turn freebooters -- an evil of almost as much magnitude as the first. You have much influence with members of Congress. I entreat you to make them sensible of the risk to which they are exposing their country, and of the double risk to which they expose themselves; for it begins to be a prevailing sentiment, both in the army and in the country, that a party among them has been bribed to bring things into confusion. --General St. Clair to Joseph Reed, 1780.
I see nothing before us but accumulating distress. We have been half our time without provisions and are like to continue so. We have no Magazines nor money to form them. And in a little time we shall have no Men, if we had Money to pay them. We have lived upon expedients until we can live no longer. In a word, the history of the War is a history of false hopes and temporary devices, instead of system and economy. --George Washington to Cadwalader, 1780.
Arnold displayed more real military genius and inspiration than all the generals put together, on both sides, engaged in the war, with the must undaunted personal courage. --Charles Knight; History of England, Vol. I, p. 430.
I despise my Countrymen. I wish I could say I was not born in America. I once gloried in it but I am now ashamed of it. The Rascally Stupidity which prevails, the Insults and Neglects which the army have met with, Beggars all description. It must go no farther. They can endure it no longer. I am in Rags, have lain in the Rain on the Ground for 40 hours past, & only a Junk of fresh Beef & that without Salt to dine on this day, rec'd no pay since last December, & all this for my Cowardly Countrymen who flinch at the very time when their exertions are wanted, & who hold their Purse Strings as tho they would Damn the World, rather than part with a Dollar to their Army. --Colonel Ebenezer Huntington to his brother, 1780.
Benedict Arnold's country and the world owe him more than they will ever liquidate; and his defection can never obliterate the solid services and the ample abuse which preceded it. --Rev. J. F. Schroeder; Life and Times of Washinton.
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To Booth Tarkington without whose generous guidance the Chronicles of Arundel would still be unwritten
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It was Cap Huff who said that no business or profession, not even the managing of a distillery, can provide the profusion of delights to be encountered in a good war.
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Whatever we did with it, or made with it, one thing was certain: the suffering and the labor had been ours, and so must the fulfillment be ours.
The second of Roberts's epic novels of the American Revolution, Rabble in Arms was hailed by one critic as the greatest historical novel written about America upon its publication in 1933. Love, treachery, ambition, and idealism motivate an unforgettable cast of characters in a magnificent novel renowned not only for the beauty and horror of its story but also for its historical accuracy.
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