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The British Are Coming

The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (The Revolution Trilogy, Book 1)

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The British Are Coming

By: Rick Atkinson
Narrated by: George Newbern, Rick Atkinson - introduction
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One of AudioFile Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2019

One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of the Year for 2019

One of Amazon.com's Best Books of the Year for 2019

One of the New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year for 2019

One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year for 2019

"The winning combination of George Newbern's engaging narration and Rick Atkinson's vivid new work of history - the first in a planned trilogy about the American Revolution - brings to life what could have been a dry account of Revolutionary battles." (AudioFile Magazine)

This program includes a bonus introduction, read by the author, and exclusive to the audiobook.

For the book's maps and illustrations, visit the Revolution Trilogy website at revolutiontrilogy.com

From the best-selling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American Revolution.

Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative histories. Now, he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy, he recounts the first 21 months of America’s violent war for independence. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the world’s most formidable fighting force.

It is a gripping saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes a brilliant battle captain; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves to be the wiliest of diplomats; George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. The story is also told from the British perspective, making the mortal conflict between the redcoats and the rebels all the more compelling.

Full of riveting details and untold stories, The British Are Coming is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering. Rick Atkinson has given stirring new life to the first act of our country’s creation drama.

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Meticulous Historical Research • Balanced Perspective • Pleasant Voice • Engaging Narrative Style • Vivid Storytelling
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If you think you know something of the first years of the American Revolution, this book will add to that knowledge. If you know nothing, this is a great beginning. I have read his history of the American Army in World War II and this is just as good. A great story teller and worth the listen.

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Every American needs to listen to this
fantastic book on the creation of the country.

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I am enthralled and by the writing, but after trying to follow the key dramatic parts of the narrative with the light hearted narrative style, I finally had to give up! You begin to wonder if the narrator ever processed what he is reading! The events taking place are often horrific in content, but the pitch and tone of our beloved story teller is as if the will all live happily ever after tomorrow. I give up!

Incongruent pairing of narration with story!

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This is a well voiced work from excellent material. I can’t wait for the rest of the books. This book is a must listen to.

Rick Atkinson has a great writing style and assembles his material with unique perspectives from that era that transform what could yet be another third person Revolutionary tale to one with first person perspective that has transformed some of my beliefs on what happened in that war.

Quality cubed

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Although I would have like a little more background details about how the colonies came to have such a strong sense of common purpose, this description of events from the Boston Tea Party to the aftermath of Washington’s victory st Princeton is thrilling and gripping and perfectly detailed. Atkinson is a born story teller. Bravo! Can’t wait for the next volume in this trilogy.

Vivid story telling. History at its best.

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An interesting and factual history of the American Revolution. This first volume was a great compilation through 1777. Highly recommended by me.

Outstanding Revolutionary History

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While a good book, it’s mainly quotes and a rehash from other great books of the era.

I found, for example, that the Battles of Lexington and Concord were better told in Philbrick’s “Bunker Hill”.

It seems Atkinson gets so caught up in minute details that he misses the forest from the trees.

Great detail - wrong places.

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Engaging narrative(s). Harmonious composite of historical detail and perspectives. Felt like I was almost there. Reader excellent.

Couldn't turn it off

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Atkinson provides a deeper understanding of The American revolution and just how desperate was the struggle by taking us into the wharfs and large cities on both sides of the Atlantic where excruciating transport logistics and provisioning armies with men, horses , livestock, tents, uniforms, artillery pieces and gunpowder control the strategy, tactics and outcomes for both sides.

Equally powerful and transformative, Atkins painstakingly unveils true accounts true accounts and data which make it possible to “get” both Loyalists and Colonials and feel their animosity build into what is every bit a violent civil war as it is a glorious Revolution. There is a lesson here for us today.

Every aspect of total war: , “ethnic cleansing” forced migrations, war crimes, scorched Earth, “death camps” (Ship prisons), propoganda and more are brought to light Atkin’s Revolution as I have never read before. — all documented with battle reports, first hand accounts and numbers. What a great contribution.

Real contribution to our understanding of our First Civil War

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The author painstakingly describes the war through researched first person accounts. It was a difficult read to put down at night. I can’t wait for his part two.

Fantastic in depth telling of the beginning on the American Revolution

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