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020 _a978-0-00-733172-7
100 _aCornwell, Bernard
245 4 _aThe Fort
260 _bHarperCollins Publishers
260 _c2010
300 _a464
520 _aIn the summer of 1779, in the third year of the War of Independence, a British force of seven hundred and fifty men, led by their Brigadier-General Francis McLean, sailed down from Halifax. Their mission was to establish a garrison in a crucial position controlling the New England seaboard and provide a safe haven for any still loyal American colonialist. So, suported by three small ships and his raw, ambitious lieutenant, John Moore (of later Corunna fame), McLean began to build the fort...
650 _aFiction
650 _aHistorical
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