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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorJack Absolute
C.C. Humphreys · 330 pages
In 1777, Jack Absolute is famous - as the dashing lover in Sheridan's famous comedy 'The Rivals'. However, this notoriety comes as something of a shock to the real Jack Absolute when he disembarks at Portsmouth after four months at sea, and seven years in India.
Celia Garth
Gwen Bristow · 412 pages
Brave Enemies
Robert Morgan · 320 pages
Revolutionary
Alex Myers · 311 pages
Presents a fictionalized account of Deborah Sampson Gannett, who defied the rigid societal and social norms of her times to disguise herself as a man, join the Continental Army, and fight against the British during the American Revolution.
Arundel
Kenneth Roberts
The story of a group of Maine irregulars during the Revolutionary War. It is the tale of their march to Quebec to fight the French and their Indian allies. A surprisingly sympathetic view of Benedict Arnold in his early days as a competent, though slightly eccentric leader. Adventure, some romantic interest and lots of history served up by a great American author.
The Traitor's Wife: The Woman Behind Benedict Arnold and the Plan to Betray America
Allison Pataki · 496 pages
"Socialite Peggy Shippen is half Benedict Arnold's age when she seduces the war hero during his stint as military commander of Philadelphia. Blinded by his young bride's beauty and wit, Arnold does not realize that she harbors a secret: loyalty to the British. Nor does he know that she hides a past romance with the handsome British spy John André. Peggy watches as her husband, crippled from battle
Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution
Avi
In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy.
Blindspot
Jane Kamensky, Jill Lepore · 522 pages
"Tis a small canvas, this Boston," muses Stewart Jameson, a Scottish portrait painter who, having fled his debtors in Edinburgh, has washed up on America's far shores. Eager to begin anew in this new world, he advertises for an apprentice, but the lad who comes knocking is no lad at all. Fanny Easton is a lady in disguise, a young, fallen woman from Boston's most prominent family. "I must make thi
April Morning
Howard Fast · 202 pages
The story of one day in the life of a young American boy in colonial Lexington, the day on which he joined the militia and saw his father shot down by the British.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Emmuska Orczy · 283 pages
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) is a play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution.
Midnight
Beverly Jenkins · 378 pages
In Boston, revolution is in the wind, yet none would ever suspect Faith Kingston of treason. But under cover of darkness, the beautiful daughter of a Tory tavern owner becomes the notorious spy "Lady Midnight," passing valuable secrets to the rebels. Dedicated to fighting British tyranny, she'll let nothing distract her, until a dark, mesmerizing stranger enters her life. A reckless, worldly adven
The Turncoat (Renegades of the Revolution)
Donna Thorland · 547 pages
Renegades of the American Revolution #1 They are lovers on opposite sides of a brutal war, with everything at stake and no possibility of retreat. They can trust no one—especially not each other. Major Lord Peter Tremayne is the last man rebel bluestocking Kate Grey should fall in love with, but when the handsome British viscount commandeers her home, Kate throws caution to the wind and resp
Johnny Tremain
Esther Forbes · 270 pages
Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and excitement of 1775 Boston, just before the Revolutionary War. But even more gripping than living through the drama of Revolutionary Boston is the important discovery Johnny makes in his own life.
The Midwife's Revolt
Jodi Daynard · 416 pages
On a dark night in 1775, Lizzie Boylston is awakened by the sound of cannons. From a hill south of Boston, she watches as fires burn in Charlestown, in a battle that she soon discovers has claimed her husband's life. Alone in a new town. Soon, word spreads of Lizzie's extraordinary midwifery and healing skills, and she begins to channel her grief into caring for those who need her.
The Raider
Jude Deveraux · 346 pages
Jude Deveraux continues her beloved Montgomery saga in America with this dramatic, passion-filled tale of rebellion and love -- a breathtaking adventure to be savored all over again -- or discovered for the first time! The Raider In colonial New England, the British are hunting a fearless, masked patriot whose daring foils them at every turn. He's known simply as the Raider. Jessica Taggert,
Finishing Becca: A Story about Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold
Ann Rinaldi · 362 pages
In 1778 fourteen-year-old Becca takes a position as personal maid to Peggy Shippen, the daughter of wealthy Philadelphia Quakers, and witnesses the events that lead to General Benedict Arnold's betrayal of the revolutionary American forces.
The Devil's Disciple
George Bernard Shaw · 92 pages
A young man takes sides with the Devil against straight laced Puritan respectability in the threatening days of the Revolutionary War.
Ponniyin Selvan-The First Floods
Kalki · 313 pages
The Great Impersonation
E. Phillips Oppenheim · 232 pages
From the book:The trouble from which great events were to come began when Everard Dominey, who had been fighting his way through the scrub for the last three quarters of an hour towards those thin, spiral wisps of smoke, urged his pony to a last despairing effort and came crashing through the great oleander shrub to pitch forward on his head in the little clearing. It developed the next morning, w
The Rebels
John Jakes · 448 pages
Redcoat
Bernard Cornwell · 416 pages