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The Family Greene
First published 2010
The family of Revolutionary general Nathanael Greene is viewed through the uncertainty of children trying to understand the distance between public honour and private behaviour. Military absence, financial pressure and rumours about parentage shape a household whose reputation depends on preserving a coherent family story.
Rinaldi uses documented figures but constructs a domestic mystery around gaps in the record, so the novel should be read as historical fiction rather than settled biography. Its central concern is how children inherit fame, secrecy and competing loyalties while the Revolution turns one parent into a national figure.
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