From the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American Revolution

“Extensive research…allows Atkinson to recreate the past like few other popular historians…. A superlative treatment of the period.”—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“Balanced, elegantly written, and massively researched…. Aided by fine and numerous maps, this is superb military and diplomatic history and represents storytelling on a grand scale.”—BOOKLIST

“A sturdy, swift-moving contribution to the popular literature of the American Revolution.”—KIRKUS