I’m a fan of in-depth, accurate history, with a particular interest in the eighteenth century American South, therefore I had high expectations for this book. I’m happy to say it met all of my history buff needs. I didn't find a single anachronism or inaccuracy—even things I thought had to be wrong ...
“These are the times that try men's souls.” - Thomas Paine, The American Crisis it is late January 1781 and the 82nd Regiment arrives in Wilmington, North Carolina. leaving behind defenseless civilians to surrender to the Crown, rebels and patriots alike flee from the regiment's approach. no sooner ...
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost..." - J.R.R. TolkienMajor James Henry Craig, commander of the Eighty-Second Regiment, is off on a mission and leaves the care of Wilmington, North Carolina to his lead criminal investigator Lieutenant Michael Stoddard. together wi...
Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life. - Daniel Webster Lieutenant Michael Stoddard of the 82nd Regiment is a redcoat and criminal investigator in Wilmington, North Carolina. under instructions from his superior Major James Craig, he leaves for Hillsborou...
"Let justice be done though the heavens should fall." - John Adams in a letter in 1777June 1780. in the Georgia frontier town of Alston, Sophia Elizabeth Barton nee St. James helps her father Will run his printing business.the patriarch, though, is opposed to the British colonists and he uses his pr...