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A historical novel that follows events in the lives of General George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, pamphleteer Thomas Paine, and merchant's son Jonathan Van Dorn, as Washington prepares to cross the Delaware on Christmas, 1776, to launch a surprise attack on the British in Trenton.
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2010.
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Second novel in the George Washington series picks up the narrative a year after Washington's surprise attack on Trenton. Washington's battered army has retreated to Valley Forge where there is little food or winter clothing, while British troops in Philadelphia live in luxury. In spite of all, Washington's army endures and is soon joined by Baron von Steuben who recasts the troops as a professional fighting force.
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It is 1781, and Washington and his army have spent three years engaged in near-constant skirmishing against the British. The enemy position in New York is far too strong. Then two crucial reports reach Washington. First, the French have briefly committed a fleet to the American coast. Second, Cornwallis is withdrawing to Yorktown to establish a new base. And Washington embarks on one of the most audacious moves in American military history.
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