The Fort: Bernard Cornwell

Summer, 1779: In the third year of the War of Independence, a British force of seven hundred and fifty men, led by Brigadier-General Francis McLean, sailed down from Halifax. Their mission was to establish a garrison in a crucial position controlling the New England seaboard and provide a safe haven for any still-loyal American colonists. So, supported by three small ships and his raw, ambitious lieutenant John Moore, McLean began to build the fort. The story is told from both sides, from land and sea; by McLean, the professional and Wadsworth the idealist; by ambitious Moore and the soon-to-be famous Paul Revere; by rebels and loyalists, the early American marines and the Scottish infantrymen.