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Overview
This novel takes place in the early years of the American Revolution and is based on the adventures of one Sergeant Lamb, a Dublin man in the services of His Majesty's army. It begins with Lamb's early days in Dublin and ends with his arrival in Boston as a member of the regiment taken prisoner after Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga. It includes a foreword by the author in which Graves, as is his custom, describes what experience or event led to his writing the novel.Synopsis
This novel takes place in the early years of the American Revolution and is based on the adventures of one Sergeant Lamb, a Dublin man in the services of His Majesty's army. It begins with Lamb's early days in Dublin and ends with his arrival in Boston as a member of the regiment taken prisoner after Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga. It includes a foreword by the author in which Graves, as is his custom, describes what experience or event led to his writing the novel.
New York Times Book Review
"It is a hstorical novel for which one has a very real respect. Its eighteenth-century style is so much finer than our own tht it should have an astringent and salutary effect on the readers of the gaudy historical romances of our period."
Book Details
Published
August 1, 2005
Publisher
Academy Chicago Publishers, Ltd.
Pages
336
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780897332132