The Hornet's Nest : A Novel of the Revolutionary War (Paperback)

from witchyrichy

Historically accurate account of a time period and geographical area that I didn't know much about. The fiction is almost an after thought, kind of like examples to illustrate a very interesting history lecture.

from fulner

Carter manages a mass of characters who struggle to survive the revolutionary war. From wives hoping to be reunited with husbands, to Quakes and other pacifists trying to keep peace at all cost, to those who "just want to be left alone" and Torries loyal to the crown and tarred and feather for th...

from bkswrites

Picked up the Simon & Schuster audio book on clearance (read by Edward herrmann), and didn't manage to finish it. It sort of gets bogged down in the military details (including the torture/execution details), which I guess shouldn't surprise me, being by a military/political male. But it did real...

from ValerieAndBooks

Picked up this historical fiction by Jimmy Carter because of my interest in the Revolutionary War. Carter focuses on the happenings in the American South, particularly Georgia (not surprisingly, as we all know he hails from there). In spite of the incredibly stilted speech between characters, I s...

from bkswrites

Picked up the Simon & Schuster audio book on clearance (read by Edward herrmann), and didn't manage to finish it. It sort of gets bogged down in the military details (including the torture/execution details), which I guess shouldn't surprise me, being by a military/political male. But it did real...