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Redcoat Paperback – April 15, 2003

by Bernard Cornwell (Author)
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It is autumn 1777, and the cradle of liberty, Philadelphia, has fallen to the British. Yet the true battle has only just begun.

On both sides, loyalties are tested and families torn asunder. The young Redcoat Sam Gilpin has seen his brother die. Now he must choose between duty to a distant king and the call of his own conscience. And for the men and women of the prosperous Becket family, the Revolution brings bitter conflict between those loyal to the crown and those with dreams of liberty.

Soon, across the fields of ice and blood in a place called Valley Forge, history will be rewritten, changing the lives and fortunes of these men and women forever.

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    0060512776
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    978-0060512774
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BERNARD CORNWELL is the author of over fifty novels, including the acclaimed New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales, which serve as the basis for the hit Netflix series The Last Kingdom. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod and in Charleston, South Carolina.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (April 15, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 485 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060512776
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060512774
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.9 x 8 inches
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Bernard Cornwell was born in London and worked in television until he met his American wife and moved to the US. Denied a work permit, he wrote a novel and has been writing ever since.

A master storyteller with a passion for history, his current bestselling series, THE LAST KINGDOM, is centred around the creation of England. It is also a major TV series on Netflix, with Bernard playing a cameo role in season three. The fourth season is currently being filmed.

He is also the author of THE GRAIL QUEST series, set in the Hundred Years’ War, THE WARLORD chronicles, set in Arthurian Britain, a number of standalone novels, one non-fiction work on Waterloo and the series with which he began, the SHARPE series.

For exciting news, tour and publication details, and exclusive content from Bernard visit www.bernardcornwell.net and like his author page on Facebook/Bernard.Cornwell

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5.0 out of 5 stars Impossible to praise too highly!
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2019
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What an enjoyable book. I have been a fan of Bernard Cornwell for some time, but this was the first book of his which I have read which wasn't part of the Sharpe series. Apart from addressing a fascinating period of history, there is also plenty of intrigue to it and it is just an all-around great story, avoiding predictability and just pleasant to read. I found myself wondering why it hasn't been made into a movie. It would blow the Patriot out of the water. Thank you, Mr. Cornwall, for once again providing some much-needed reading pleasure!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Red Coat
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An exciting adventure that captures the turmoil of the war of independence without all the patriotic ferver claptrap that so often accompanies this subject.
This novel allows us to see the events through the eyes of the youth of the time. It also highlights the absurd mentality of colonialism of the 18th century.
The novel also illustrates the innocence and idealism that followers have for a cause, which they sometimes follow blindly and without question.
The charachters also depict the darker side of the human soul through anti heros who only manipulated both sides of the struggle for their own ends, and not the higher causes that the majority believed
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Donald F. Schmidt
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2019
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As a follow up to reading "The Fort", I wanted to see how Cornwell would treat another venue of the American Revolution. He did not disappoint. He doesn't hold back on the horrendous cost of war, which I actually appreciate. His characters will reel you in. His two main female characters are strong and clever, which is refreshing in a novel about war. His descriptions of the landscapes will paint wonderful paintings in your head as you just wish you could go back in a time machine to see them. The book takes some unexpected twists, which will definitely get your heart racing. I wish he had written more books on the Revolution. He does them awfully well!
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The Day of the D
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2022
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This story was great and pulled you in. I wish there was more books that gave the view point of soldiers durring the revolutionary war. This book definitely did great in all aspects though.
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K. Haigh
4.0 out of 5 stars too many type mistakes
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2011
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I have loved everything Cornwell has written, and like this book too, but I was a little disappointed with the amount of spelling and typing mistakes. It looks more like it is has been converted from a scanned copy of the original using OCR than a real digital version. I haven't read the physical book to see if those errors exist there too (I am not that anal) but surely eBooks should be coming from the same source as the physical copies.

Getting a 4 out of 5 as I don't want my score to detract from what is otherwise a good read.
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Turtle Dove
5.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't disappoint
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2022
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I'm a huge fan of Bernard Cornwell. This is one of his earlier works, but it's still historical fiction at it's best.
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3.0 out of 5 stars it's just o.k.
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2023
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An average read for me, and for me a deceiving title. The story, titled Redcoat, is mostly about British Officers during the Revolutionary war, and their love lives while occupying Philadelphia.

Redcoats fighting a war, not so much.
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Roger C Gregory
5.0 out of 5 stars A Pennsylvania Lad
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2022
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Born and raised in Pennsylvania but this book brought the trials of the War for Independence and the fighting around Philadelphia into clarity. I did the schoolboy journeys to Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell and I saw Ben Franklin’s tomb. I wish I could have read this book first. I consider it the Red Badge of Courage” for Philadelphians. Kudos to Mr. Cornwell!
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Kitty
5.0 out of 5 stars different
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2023
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So enjoy this book al from a different perspective it was as always factual and descriptive colourful would definitely recommend
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Fabio Mastrogiovanni
5.0 out of 5 stars Red coat
Reviewed in Germany on September 30, 2022
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Eine interessante Geschichte des Unabhängigkeitskrieges der US Einsiedler gegen die Engländer. Auch mit einem Blick in den sozialen Sitten von damals.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on April 15, 2018
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Enjoyed the book immensely.
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Christiane GERRARD
4.0 out of 5 stars Histoire du passé
Reviewed in France on October 29, 2018
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Lecture de loisir, bien aimé
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Cesar Guardamino
4.0 out of 5 stars simple reading interesting english side
Reviewed in Spain on November 10, 2014
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Bernard is neutral not favoring neither loyalist nor revolutionaries personal interest prevails in the war course interesting till last line
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