nbsp nbsp Praise for The First Salute nbsp "Nothing in a novel could be more thrilling than the moment in this glorious history when French soldiers arrive see a tall, familiar figure: George Washington.
By turns lyrical and gripping, The First Salute is an exhilarating account of the birth of a nation. She sheds new light on the key role played by the contending navies, paints a magnificent portrait of George Washington, and recounts in riveting detail the decisive campaign of the war at Yorktown. Tuchman places the Revolution in the context of the centuries-long conflicts between England and both France and Holland, demonstrating how the aid to the American colonies of both these nations made the triumph of independence possible. nbsp In The First Salute, one of America's consummate historians crafts a rigorously original view of the American Revolution. Tuchman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the classic The Guns of August, turns her sights homeward with this brilliant, insightful narrative of the Revolutionary War.
A persuasive book, which brings us entertaining pictures, scenes and characters."- Chicago Tribune nbsp " tightly woven narrative, ingeniously structured." -The Christian Science Monitor … ( more)īarbara W. It is only part of Tuchman's genius that she can reconstitute such scenes with so much precision and passion."- People nbsp "Tuchman writes narrative history in the great tradition.
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