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Sto caricando le informazioni... Savage Liberty: A Mystery of Revolutionary America (Mystery of Colonial America)di Eliot Pattison
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I really enjoyed this book about the years preceding the American Revolution. Duncan McCallum is a long way from his home in Scotland, but he has made every effort to settle down in this new land of America. He has been a part of the opening up of the frontier of New England. He has fought with Roger’s Rangers against the French who were trying to establish their own settlements in this rich land. He has fought some of the native tribes who supported the French, while making friends with others who helped the British troops. He has even fallen in love with a young English woman who was held for a number of years as a captive by the Indians. She has come to love the native ways while still having an understanding of the English way of life. In this fifth installment of the Bone Rattler series, McCallum is entangled in the mysterious deaths of not only some ex-Rangers, but also the deaths of some thirty-seven innocent persons aboard a ship coming into Boston harbor. The mystery surrounding these deaths leads McCallum and his friends on a breakneck journey north up to Lake Champlain with a pack of vengeful British troops lead by a money grubbing Lt. Beck hot on his heals. The frontier still holds savage secrets long buried from the French and Indian Wars, with men on both sides all to willing to kill to win the day. Book provided for review by Amazon Vine. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"When a ship arriving from London explodes in Boston Harbor, both the peace of the colonial city and Duncan McCallum's life are shattered ... Duncan discovers that the ship was deliberately sabotaged, apparently to cover the theft by French agents provocateurs of a secret document being carried to the Sons of Liberty ... Fearing that the intrigues of [John] Hancock and the Sons might set the colonies ablaze, Duncan relentlessly pursues the truth, only to be falsely charged with treason and murder. To escape the hangman's noose and restore his honor, Duncan has no choice but to follow a northbound trail of violence and deception ... With the help of unexpected new friends ... he survives scalp hunters, imprisonment, and his own spiritual crisis, only to realize he cannot resolve the terrible crimes until he first understands the emerging truths about freedom in the American colonies"--Book jacket flap. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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In this story, Duncan is falsely accused of multiple murders and treason. He is being hunted by King George's Army while at the same time he is tracking down clues and threading the conspiracy details together. He along with his dear friends of various backgrounds band together to work and find their way through the challenges put before them. It is an extraordinary adventure, framed in historical fact, with a double mystery to be solved - a most enjoyable read.
There was one matter that I really struggled with and that was the reference to the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment of Foot as, "The Ladies From Hell". This is a translation of the moniker ("Die Damen aus der Hölle") given the regiment by their German enemies during the First World War of the 20th century. From that point on, that lack of veracity caused me to question other details and treat the book as merely a great adventure and not the supposed well-researched historical fiction that it strives to be. ( )