 Old Contemptible  | 26 Oct 2025 9:28 p.m. PST |
I finally decided to dig into this. I was put off for sometime by the title. No one said the "British Are Coming!" They said the "Regulars are Coming."
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| BillyNM | 26 Oct 2025 9:53 p.m. PST |
Good point, until the Declaration of Independence the colonists were also British? |
| 14Bore | 27 Oct 2025 12:52 a.m. PST |
Almost finished, at battle of Trenton.
In the retreat from NY, Rick tells of traveling through Bethlehem Pa with many sick and wounded needing a place to go.
The Moravians help out reluctantly maybe but still many die while there.
I have been working at Moravian University and after work going to go find a few sites. |
| Frederick | 27 Oct 2025 4:36 a.m. PST |
Agree – prior to the Revolution (and for some even during) the American colonists thought of themselves as British – the protests in Boston pre-war were about securing the rights of the colonists as Englishmen |
| Ferd45231 | 27 Oct 2025 6:07 a.m. PST |
Got the first 2 volumes down and now awaiting the third. I love Atkinson's research and writing. If anyone has not read his work get a good dictdionary and a notepad. You'll be amazed, as Reader's Digest used to do a segment, to Increase Your Word Power. H |
| 79thPA | 27 Oct 2025 6:46 a.m. PST |
I am sure the title is marketing more than anything. It has phrase recognition. I would hazard to guess that more copies of this book were bought as gifts for a family member who likes history than by history buffs themselves. |
| bobspruster | 27 Oct 2025 7:15 a.m. PST |
I'm about halfway through the 2nd book. Excellent read, as one would cone to expect. Excellent enough that I'm pulling together some figures for the period. 😊 |
| bobspruster | 27 Oct 2025 7:39 a.m. PST |
Amazon is selling the 2bd volume, "The Fate of the Day" for about $25 USD right now, $17 USD less than the price marked on the dust cover. |
| 14Bore | 27 Oct 2025 12:36 p.m. PST |
Bethlehem Pa near the Moravian village |
 piper909 | 27 Oct 2025 3:00 p.m. PST |
These books are excellent! I'm enjoying them as rattling good history narratives AND I'm learning a ton of stuff, since the AWI has not been an area I've done a lot of study of, or played games in to any degree. |
