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... A Soldier ...Torn Across a Bloody Divide It is autumn, 1777, and the cradle of liberty, Philadelphia, has fallen to the British. Yet the true battle has only just begun. On both sides, loyalties are tested and families torn asunder. The young Redcoat, Sam Gilpin, has seen his brother die. Now he must choose between duty to a distant King and the call of his own conscience. And for the men and women of the prosperous Becket family, the revolution brings bitter conflict between those loyal to the crown, and those with dreams of liberty. Soon, across the fields of ice and blood in a place called Valley Forge, history will be rewritten, changing the lives and fortunes of these men and women forever. "A rousing adventure yarn ... [The] battle scenes are excellent." -- Washington Post Book World "Electrifying.... [Cornwell] is a master at describing battles as observed by the participants." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Cornwell's command of historical detail is one of the great strengths of his writing.... One of the finest authors of military historical fiction today." -- Washington Times Reviews The book features an english redcoats adventures in North America during the war of independence. Very much Cornwell by numbers and lacks the charm of the Sharpe/Starbuck and especially the Warlord saga - ok but you will not rush to reread it!
"I thought this was a good book. It was very exciting and full of battle scenes. In the beginning of the book the English go to an encampment and surprise and kill lots of rebels. It also tells of the Battle of Brandywine, how the rebel attack almost broke through but was repelled by the English. Overall I thought this was a good book that had lots of good characters and also had a very good plot. "
"Redcoat is a book that takes place in America during the Revolutionary War. The main character, Sam, who is a Redcoat, is struggling between his loyalty to his country and his love for a rebel woman, which is what costed his brother his life. His confusion turns former allies into mortal enemies and leads him to question his own intentions. Bernard Cornwell has done a really great job in transforming what most people would think to be just an ordinary war into a story of people who face many of the same problems that can be found in our modern society. The characters face death and fear, love and hate, hope and doubt, along with many other emotionss. The characters are molded into the time period for which they represent. All in all I think this was a better book than I had originally thought. "
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