With the opening providing a compelling portrait of King George III and his entourage, we are immediately thrust into the core concerns of empire versus colonization. Blessed with exceptional narrative skills, he as a writer is in the same category as the legendary Bruce Catton, Shelby Foote, Winston Groom, and David McCulloughWe are blessed to have the likes of this Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and journalist in our generation.Ītkinson has determined to present the American Revolution in three volumes, and this first work brings the earliest antecedents of the conflict to our mind almost immediately.
There are few true phenomenal writers in each generation, and the 67-year-old Atkinson is at the head of the list for the current generation. So, having completed his Liberation Trilogy on victory in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and Western Europe during World War Two, I was delighted to learn he was now going to turn his considerable skills to the American Revolution. My time with Rick is time well spent and immensely rewarding. Taken a volume at a time, my past 10 years have been enriched by four books and now a fifth. The historical works of Rick Atkinson are the current Glenfarclas 105 of historical writing. It is hard to come by and I savor every single drink-I could drink it every day, but it would all go away quickly, so I have three bottles to tithe me over the coming years. I love a single malt scotch and my favorite is GlenFarclas 105. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775–1777 (the Revolution Trilogy) by Rick Atkinson (Henry Holt Press, 2019) $40.
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