{"product_id":"whispers-across-the-atlantick-general-william-howe-and-the-american-revolution","title":"Whispers Across the Atlantick: General William Howe and the American Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeneral William Howe was the commander-in-chief of the British forces during the early campaigns of the Revolutionary War (1775-1783). He was an enigma  who appeared on multiple occasions to be on the verge of winning the war for Britain  only to repeatedly fail to deliver the final blow. Howe evoked passionate reactions in the people he worked with; his men loved him  his second-in-command detested him  his enemies feared him  and his political masters despaired of him. There was even a plot to murder him  in which British officers as well as Americans were implicated. This book will be the first major work on this inscrutable British general for more than 40 years. Previously largely ignored by historians due to a lack of primary source documents upon which to draw  the authors recent archival discoveries  and ground-breaking research means that there are fascinating new insights to be told about Howes performance during the American Revolution. Howes story includes intrigue  romance  and betrayal  played out on the battlefields of North America and concluding in a courtroom at the House of Commons  where Howe defended his decisions with his reputation and possibly his life on the line. The inquiry  complete with witness testimonies and savage debate between the bitterly divided factions of the British Parliament  forms the framework for the book  giving it the flavor of a courtroom drama rather than a standard military narrative history. As Howe struggles to clear his name  the titanic forces at work during the birth of the United States of America rage around him.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946470797365,"sku":"ByrdShop_1472827953","price":226.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781472827951_ddb0843f-f637-47ab-a167-bba2b1e38a10.jpg?v=1770165643","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/whispers-across-the-atlantick-general-william-howe-and-the-american-revolution","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}