Major Andre's Journal: Operations Of The British Army Under Lieutenant Generals Sir William Howe And Sir Henry Clinton - Couverture rigide

Andre, John; Willcox, C Dew

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ISBN 10 : 1436686121 ISBN 13 : 9781436686129

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Major Andre's Journal: Operations of the British Army Under Lieutenant Generals Sir William Howe and Sir Henry Clinton is a historical account of the American Revolutionary War as seen through the eyes of Major John Andre, a British officer who served as an aide-de-camp to both Howe and Clinton. The book is a compilation of Andre's personal journal entries, letters, and official reports, which provide a unique perspective on the British military strategy and tactics during the war. The journal covers a period of four years, from 1777 to 1781, and includes detailed accounts of major battles and campaigns, such as the Battle of Brandywine, the siege of Philadelphia, and the Battle of Monmouth. Andre also writes about his personal experiences, including his capture by American forces in 1780 and subsequent execution as a spy. In addition to Andre's firsthand accounts, the book includes historical context and analysis by the editor, William Abbatt, who provides background information on the war and the key figures involved. The book is a valuable resource for historians and anyone interested in the American Revolution, offering a unique perspective on the conflict from the British side.June 1777 To November 1778: Recorded By Major John Andre, Adjutant General To Which Is Added The Ethics Of Major Andre�������s Mission By C. DeW. Willcox.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

John André (1750 – 1780) was a British Army officer hanged as a spy by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War for assisting Benedict Arnold's attempted surrender of the fort at West Point, New York to the British. According to Tallmadge's account of the events, he and André conversed during the latter's captivity and transport. André wanted to know how he would be treated by Washington. Tallmadge, who had been a classmate of Nathan Hale while both were at Yale, described the capture of Hale. When André asked whether Tallmadge thought the situations similar, he replied "Yes, precisely similar, and similar shall be your fate"—a reference to Hale's hanging as a spy by the British. In 1779, André became Adjutant General of the British Army in America with the rank of major. In April of that year, he took charge of British secret intelligence. By the next year (1780), he had begun to plot with American General Benedict Arnold. The story of Andre is one of those episodes of history which are most widely known and longest remembered. There is a pleasant tinge of romance about the man himself, for he was young, handsome, and possessed of many accomplishments, clever, agreeable, popular and the hero of a love-affair which has crept into a corner of English literature with enough sentiment and controversy attached to it to interest curiosity, and perhaps to touch the heart of succeeding generations. About this youthful and gallant figure gather suddenly the inexorable conditions which shut him in as relentlessly as the hand of Fate leads Orestes or Hippolytus or (Edipus to the doom which has awaited them since the beginning of years. The favorite of his commanders, a trusted staffofficer, advancing easily along the road of promotion, beloved among his fellows, popular in Society, he passes suddenly out of the sunshine of a young prosperity into the darkness of a desperate enterprise, becomes the paymaster of treason, a disguised fugitive, a prisoner, a convicted spy, and dies at last by the hangman's hands. The contrast between his life filled with a soldier's work and relieved by idle hours of music and flowers, of pageants and verse-making, and his miserable end, is hardly sharper than that which separates the grim gallows by the Hudson from the monument to his memory in Westminster Abbey. Romance, desperate adventure, and dark tragedy are all there in the story of Andre. Andre was portrayed by Michael Wilding as an eloquent and dignified idealist in the 1955 Hollywood film The Scarlet Coat. He is portrayed by JJ Feild in the TV series Turn: Washington's Spies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1436686121
• ISBN 13: 9781436686129
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 140
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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