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Openshaw, Bill

 
9781068378300: The Road to Lexington: Letters and Papers of Lord Percy 1768-1776
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ISBN 10 : 1068378301 ISBN 13 : 9781068378300
Editeur : Hedworth Press, 2025

Synopsis

The military engagements that occured at Lexington and Concord on 19th April 1775 have been well documented and written about over the last 250 years. One man who was present at the famous clash of arms, was General Lord Percy. This aristocratic officer saved the beleaguered British detachment from a humiliating surrender or worse and fought his way back to Boston in a maelstrom of bloodshed. Not only did Percy earn credit from the British authorities, but also from the rebels. Likewise, Percy was among the first to give respect to the fledgling rag tag American Army and wrote; whoever looks upon them as an irregular mob will find themselves much mistaken.
Although much has been written about the Revolutionary War, little has been from a British point of view. Within the archives of Percy's ancestral home at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, there lays a treasure trove of documentation, the greater part of which has never before been published. After careful selecting and transcribing many letters and extracts form journals etc., Bill Openshaw has woven them into a narrative of the events unfolded around Boston from 1774 until the evacuaion of the British in 1776. On the eve of the 250th anniverary of the begining of the American Revolution, Lord Hugh Percy's voice can now once more be heard and allow a different understanding of the war.
In addition, newly discovered letters from Captain William Charleton of the 5th Regiment of Foot, have also been added and published for the first time.

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À propos de l'auteur

Bill Openshaw worked as a government radio engineer and later a prison officer. Upon semi retirement, he began working as a State Room Guide at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland. With a life long interest in military history, he has been a Napoleonic re enactor with the 68th Durham Light Infantry for over 25 years. He is married with two grown up children and one grandson.

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Éditeur
Hedworth Press
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1068378301
ISBN 13 
9781068378300
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
214
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