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The Glorious Cause

by Jeff Shaara Book 2 in the The American Revolutionary War series.

First published 2002

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After independence is declared, George Washington’s army is driven from New York and retreats across New Jersey as enlistments expire and political confidence weakens. The victories at Trenton and Princeton preserve the revolutionary cause, but the war continues through defeat at Brandywine, winter at Valley Forge and the difficult work of building a national army.

The novel follows Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Nathanael Greene, Lafayette and Charles Cornwallis through the campaigns that carry the conflict south and finally to Yorktown. Shaara connects battlefield survival with French diplomacy, civil government and the competing strategies of British commanders, showing that independence depended on endurance long after the first enthusiasm of rebellion.

Historical Periods

American Revolutionary War1775–1783 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction War Fiction

Historical people

George Washington1732–1799 Benjamin Franklin1706–1790 Nathanael Greene Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Charles Cornwallis

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