Brendan Morrissey – författare

Featuring maps and illustrations throughout, this compact volume provides an engaging account of the events that sparked the American Revolution.The British assault on Breed's Hill and the burning of Charlestown were the first major battles of the American Revolution; after the events at Boston there was no turning back. Colonist militia were pitted against British Redcoats in a series of struggles which led the British to evacuate Boston and to George Washington taking command of the fledgling American army.This detailed text by Brendan Morrissey explores the opposing commanders and forces involved, whilst describing how the sparks at Lexington and Concord ignited the smouldering resentment of the Colonists into the flame of a rebellion.

Accompanied by maps and illustrations, a slim volume detailing the American attack on Quebec in 1775, the capture of which would give the Americans control of Canada – a disaster for the British.The subsequent campaign involved a 350-mile trek across uninhabited wilderness, a desperate American attack on the city of Quebec that left one American general dead and another wounded, and a British counterattack that culminated in a brutal naval battle off Valcour Island on Lake Champlain.In this book Brendan Morrissey details the events of this ferocious struggle whose results would have such momentous consequences at Saratoga in 1777.

A detailed, illustrated account of the last major action in the Northern theater, the longest and hardest-fought engagement of the entire Revolutionary War.When the British abandoned Philadelphia to return to New York City, American troops harassed their retreat. On the morning of 28 June 1778, General Lee, George Washington’s lieutenant, attacked the British rearguard but his attack went badly wrong. The British rearguard, now reinforced, threw Lee’s troops into a headlong retreat. Lee was relieved of his command and Washington’s Continentals then stood toe-to-toe with the British, bloodily repulsing a series of powerful attacks by crack troops.Featuring maps and artwork throughout, this slim volume is ideal for those with interest in the American Revolutionary War.

A detailed guide to the real story of the most well-known battles of the American Revolution, popularized by Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton.By 1781 Britain's struggle to contain the rebels in her American colonies had reached an inglorious stalemate. Six years on from the British defeat by the New England militia at Boston, George Washington's rebuilt Continental Army with support from the French now systematically began to seek out and destroy British forces even if protected by seemingly impregnable defences.Yorktown would be a salutary lesson to the British Crown about the odds she now faced in holding on to her colonies.