20,99 €
inkl. MwSt.
Versandfertig in über 4 Wochen
10 °P sammeln
- Broschiertes Buch
- Merkliste
- Auf die Merkliste
- Bewerten Bewerten
- Teilen
- Produkt teilen
- Produkterinnerung
- Produkterinnerung
â To say that Atkinson can tell a story is like saying Sinatra can sing â A powerful new voice has been added to the dialogue about [Americaâ s] origins as a people and a nation. It is difficult to imagine any reader putting this beguiling book down without a smile and a tear.â New York Times
Andere Kunden interessierten sich auch für
- Rick AtkinsonThe British Are Coming17,99 €
- Rick AtkinsonThe British Are Coming (Young Readers Edition)17,99 €
- Julia MalyePelican Girls15,93 €
- Jonathan IsraelThe Expanding Blaze24,99 €
- HergeTintin in the Land of the Soviets11,99 €
- Ben HubbardWarriors of the World11,99 €
- Laura Aitken-BurtMedieval British and World History 410-150916,99 €
-
-
-
â To say that Atkinson can tell a story is like saying Sinatra can sing â A powerful new voice has been added to the dialogue about [Americaâ s] origins as a people and a nation. It is difficult to imagine any reader putting this beguiling book down without a smile and a tear.â New York Times
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
- Seitenzahl: 800
- Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2020
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 206mm x 144mm x 55mm
- Gewicht: 540g
- ISBN-13: 9780008303334
- ISBN-10: 0008303339
- Artikelnr.: 59357223
- Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
- Seitenzahl: 800
- Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2020
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 206mm x 144mm x 55mm
- Gewicht: 540g
- ISBN-13: 9780008303334
- ISBN-10: 0008303339
- Artikelnr.: 59357223
Rick Atkinson is the bestselling author of six works of narrative military history, including The Guns at Last Light, The Day of Battle, An Army at Dawn, The Long Gray Line, In the Company of Soldiers, and Crusade. He also was the lead essayist in Where Valor Rests: Arlington National Cemetery, published by National Geographic. He was a reporter, foreign correspondent, war correspondent, and senior editor at The Washington Post for more than twenty years. His many awards include Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and history, the George Polk Award, and the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. He lives in Washington, D.C. For more information, please visit www.liberationtrilogy.com.
LIST OF MAPS
MAP LEGEND
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PROLOGUE, England, June 1773-March 1775
1. Inspecting the Fleet
2. Avenging the Tea
3. Preparing for War
PART ONE
1. GOD HIMSELF OUR CAPTAIN
Boston, March 6-April 17, 1775
2. MEN CAME DOWN FROM THE CLOUDS
Lexington and Concord, April 18-19, 1775
3. I WISH THIS CURSED PLACE WAS BURNED
Boston and Charlestown, May-June 1775
4. WHAT SHALL WE SAY OF HUMAN NATURE?
Cambridge Camp, July-October 1775
5. I SHALL TRY TO RETARD THE EVIL HOUR
Into Canada, October-November 1775
6. AMERICA IS AN UGLY JOB
London, October-November 1775
7. THEY FOUGHT, BLED, AND DIED LIKE ENGLISHMEN
Norfolk, Virginia, December 1775
8. THE PATHS OF GLORY
Quebec, December 3, 1775-January 1, 1776
PART TWO
9. THE WAYS OF HEAVEN ARE DARK AND INTRICATE
Boston, January-February 1776
10. THE WHIPPING SNAKE
Cork, Ireland, and Moore's Creek, North Carolina, January-March 1776
11. CITY OF OUR SOLEMNITIES
Boston, March 1776
12. A STRANGE REVERSE OF FORTUNE
Quebec, April-June 1776
13. SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES, OPEN AND CONCEALED
New York, June 1776
14. A DOG IN A DANCING SCHOOL
Charleston, South Carolina, June 1776
15. A FIGHT AMONG WOLVES
New York, July-August 1776
16. A SENTIMENTAL MANNER OF MAKING WAR
New York, September 1776
PART THREE
17. MASTER OF THE LAKES
Lake Champlain, October 1776
18. THE RETROGRADE MOTION OF THINGS
New York, October-November 1776
19. A QUAKER IN PARIS
France, November-December 1776
20. FIRE-AND-SWORD MEN
New Jersey, December 1776
21. THE SMILES OF PROVIDENCE
Trenton, December 24-26, 1776
22. THE DAY IS OUR OWN
Trenton and Princeton, January 1777
EPILOGUE, England and America, 1777
AUTHOR'S NOTE
NOTES
SOURCES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX
MAP LEGEND
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PROLOGUE, England, June 1773-March 1775
1. Inspecting the Fleet
2. Avenging the Tea
3. Preparing for War
PART ONE
1. GOD HIMSELF OUR CAPTAIN
Boston, March 6-April 17, 1775
2. MEN CAME DOWN FROM THE CLOUDS
Lexington and Concord, April 18-19, 1775
3. I WISH THIS CURSED PLACE WAS BURNED
Boston and Charlestown, May-June 1775
4. WHAT SHALL WE SAY OF HUMAN NATURE?
Cambridge Camp, July-October 1775
5. I SHALL TRY TO RETARD THE EVIL HOUR
Into Canada, October-November 1775
6. AMERICA IS AN UGLY JOB
London, October-November 1775
7. THEY FOUGHT, BLED, AND DIED LIKE ENGLISHMEN
Norfolk, Virginia, December 1775
8. THE PATHS OF GLORY
Quebec, December 3, 1775-January 1, 1776
PART TWO
9. THE WAYS OF HEAVEN ARE DARK AND INTRICATE
Boston, January-February 1776
10. THE WHIPPING SNAKE
Cork, Ireland, and Moore's Creek, North Carolina, January-March 1776
11. CITY OF OUR SOLEMNITIES
Boston, March 1776
12. A STRANGE REVERSE OF FORTUNE
Quebec, April-June 1776
13. SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES, OPEN AND CONCEALED
New York, June 1776
14. A DOG IN A DANCING SCHOOL
Charleston, South Carolina, June 1776
15. A FIGHT AMONG WOLVES
New York, July-August 1776
16. A SENTIMENTAL MANNER OF MAKING WAR
New York, September 1776
PART THREE
17. MASTER OF THE LAKES
Lake Champlain, October 1776
18. THE RETROGRADE MOTION OF THINGS
New York, October-November 1776
19. A QUAKER IN PARIS
France, November-December 1776
20. FIRE-AND-SWORD MEN
New Jersey, December 1776
21. THE SMILES OF PROVIDENCE
Trenton, December 24-26, 1776
22. THE DAY IS OUR OWN
Trenton and Princeton, January 1777
EPILOGUE, England and America, 1777
AUTHOR'S NOTE
NOTES
SOURCES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX
LIST OF MAPS
MAP LEGEND
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PROLOGUE, England, June 1773-March 1775
1. Inspecting the Fleet
2. Avenging the Tea
3. Preparing for War
PART ONE
1. GOD HIMSELF OUR CAPTAIN
Boston, March 6-April 17, 1775
2. MEN CAME DOWN FROM THE CLOUDS
Lexington and Concord, April 18-19, 1775
3. I WISH THIS CURSED PLACE WAS BURNED
Boston and Charlestown, May-June 1775
4. WHAT SHALL WE SAY OF HUMAN NATURE?
Cambridge Camp, July-October 1775
5. I SHALL TRY TO RETARD THE EVIL HOUR
Into Canada, October-November 1775
6. AMERICA IS AN UGLY JOB
London, October-November 1775
7. THEY FOUGHT, BLED, AND DIED LIKE ENGLISHMEN
Norfolk, Virginia, December 1775
8. THE PATHS OF GLORY
Quebec, December 3, 1775-January 1, 1776
PART TWO
9. THE WAYS OF HEAVEN ARE DARK AND INTRICATE
Boston, January-February 1776
10. THE WHIPPING SNAKE
Cork, Ireland, and Moore's Creek, North Carolina, January-March 1776
11. CITY OF OUR SOLEMNITIES
Boston, March 1776
12. A STRANGE REVERSE OF FORTUNE
Quebec, April-June 1776
13. SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES, OPEN AND CONCEALED
New York, June 1776
14. A DOG IN A DANCING SCHOOL
Charleston, South Carolina, June 1776
15. A FIGHT AMONG WOLVES
New York, July-August 1776
16. A SENTIMENTAL MANNER OF MAKING WAR
New York, September 1776
PART THREE
17. MASTER OF THE LAKES
Lake Champlain, October 1776
18. THE RETROGRADE MOTION OF THINGS
New York, October-November 1776
19. A QUAKER IN PARIS
France, November-December 1776
20. FIRE-AND-SWORD MEN
New Jersey, December 1776
21. THE SMILES OF PROVIDENCE
Trenton, December 24-26, 1776
22. THE DAY IS OUR OWN
Trenton and Princeton, January 1777
EPILOGUE, England and America, 1777
AUTHOR'S NOTE
NOTES
SOURCES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX
MAP LEGEND
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PROLOGUE, England, June 1773-March 1775
1. Inspecting the Fleet
2. Avenging the Tea
3. Preparing for War
PART ONE
1. GOD HIMSELF OUR CAPTAIN
Boston, March 6-April 17, 1775
2. MEN CAME DOWN FROM THE CLOUDS
Lexington and Concord, April 18-19, 1775
3. I WISH THIS CURSED PLACE WAS BURNED
Boston and Charlestown, May-June 1775
4. WHAT SHALL WE SAY OF HUMAN NATURE?
Cambridge Camp, July-October 1775
5. I SHALL TRY TO RETARD THE EVIL HOUR
Into Canada, October-November 1775
6. AMERICA IS AN UGLY JOB
London, October-November 1775
7. THEY FOUGHT, BLED, AND DIED LIKE ENGLISHMEN
Norfolk, Virginia, December 1775
8. THE PATHS OF GLORY
Quebec, December 3, 1775-January 1, 1776
PART TWO
9. THE WAYS OF HEAVEN ARE DARK AND INTRICATE
Boston, January-February 1776
10. THE WHIPPING SNAKE
Cork, Ireland, and Moore's Creek, North Carolina, January-March 1776
11. CITY OF OUR SOLEMNITIES
Boston, March 1776
12. A STRANGE REVERSE OF FORTUNE
Quebec, April-June 1776
13. SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES, OPEN AND CONCEALED
New York, June 1776
14. A DOG IN A DANCING SCHOOL
Charleston, South Carolina, June 1776
15. A FIGHT AMONG WOLVES
New York, July-August 1776
16. A SENTIMENTAL MANNER OF MAKING WAR
New York, September 1776
PART THREE
17. MASTER OF THE LAKES
Lake Champlain, October 1776
18. THE RETROGRADE MOTION OF THINGS
New York, October-November 1776
19. A QUAKER IN PARIS
France, November-December 1776
20. FIRE-AND-SWORD MEN
New Jersey, December 1776
21. THE SMILES OF PROVIDENCE
Trenton, December 24-26, 1776
22. THE DAY IS OUR OWN
Trenton and Princeton, January 1777
EPILOGUE, England and America, 1777
AUTHOR'S NOTE
NOTES
SOURCES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX