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Learn moreFrom the author of the New York Times bestseller Dream West comes this vivid historical novel about the dawn of America and the personalities that shaped it.
Only three short decades after the revolution that created the young republic, a deeply divided America would be drawn into war once again. The war of 1812 would either make America a global power sweeping all the way to the Pacific—or break it into small pieces bound to mighty England. The principal actors in this drama were President James Madison and his beloved Dolley, General Andrew Jackson and his Rachel, and the young military talent Winfield Scott. From the White House, to the southern woodlands haunted by British-backed Indians, to the war's most celebrated battle in New Orleans, their courage and determination would shape America's destiny.
Finely tuned writing, vivid characters, and attention to historical detail make this a novel not to be missed.
David Nevin spent his childhood on army bases. On his seventeenth birthday he joined the US Navy at the latter stages of World War II. Later, as a merchant marine, he spent seven years in the Pacific before he returned to the United States and became a journalist. He was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Journalism Award. In addition to writing books on popular history for Time-Life, Nevin continues to write freelance. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Dream West, which became a seven-part miniseries.
Ralph Cosham is best known as the voice behind all of Louise Penny’s bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache novels. He won the 2013 Audie Award for Louise Penny’s A Beautiful Mystery. He is a film, stage, and voice actor who narrated over 100 audiobooks, including Frankenstein, Around the World in Eighty Days, Alice in Wonderland, and Watership Down. His audiobook credits include works by C.S. Lewis, Simon Brett and C.S. Forester. Several of his works have been awarded Audio Best of the Year by Publisher’s Weekly.
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“Splendid! The history and the dreams, the men and women who made an preserved us a nation. David Nevin is an author of power and scope.”
“An insistently intriguing animated tableau…crammed with color and captivating characters, and a good bet to follow in Dream West’s footsteps as a TV miniseries.”
“Nevin excels at portraying battles in vivid detail and revealing political complexities in an engaging manner.”
“Exhibits the best characteristics of the genre: it informs without oversimplifying the subject. Entertaining and very illuminating…a substantive work.”
“A brilliantly realized chronicle that gives a human scale to the author’s panoramic canvas. A considerable achievement, and one that transcends genre.”
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