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ContentsCoverTitle PageEpigraphA Note on Names and TermsChapter OneChapter TwoChapter ThreeChapter FourChapter FiveChapter SixChapter SevenChapter EightChapter NineChapter TenChapter ElevenChapter TwelveChapter ThirteenChapter FourteenHistorical NoteAbout the AuthorBooks by Bernard CornwellCopyrightAbout the Publisher
A Note on Names and TermsIn 1779 there was no state of Maine, it was then the eastern province of Massachusetts. Some place names have also changed. Majabigwaduce is nowcalled Castine, Townsend is Bucks Harbor, and Falmouth is Portland, Maine. Buck's plantation (properly Plantation Number One) is Bucksport, OrphanIsland is Verona Island, Long Island (in the Penobscot River) is now Islesboro Island, Wasaumkeag Point is now Cape Jellison, and Cross Island is todaycalled Nautilus Island.The novel frequently refers to "ships," "sloops," "brigs," and "schooners." They are all, of course, ships in the same way that they are all boats, but properlya ship was a large, square-rigged, three-masted vessel like a frigate (think of the USS Constitution) or a ship of the line (like HMS Victory). Nowadayswe think of a sloop as a single-masted sailboat, but in 1779 it denoted a three-masted vessel that was usually smaller than a ship and distinguished byhaving a flush main deck (thus no raised poop deck). Sloops, like ships, were square rigged (meaning they carried rectangular sails hung from crosswiseyards). A brig, or brigantine, was also a large square-rigged sailing vessel, but with only two masts. Schooners, like brigs, carried two masts, but wererigged with fore and aft sails which, when hoisted, lie along the center line of the vessel rather than across it. There were variations, such as brig-sloops,but at Penobscot Bay, in 1779, there were only ships, sloops, brigs, and schooners. With the exception of the Felicity all the names of the boats are takenfrom history.Most of the characters in the novel existed. The only fictional names are those of any character whose surname begins with F (with the exception ofCaptain Thomas Farnham, RN), and the names of British privates and noncommissioned officers (with the exception of Sergeant Lawrence, RoyalArtillery).
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Page 5: A voice in the darkness, a knock at
Page 9: Chapter OneThere was not much wind
Page 12 and 13: ecome a base for Britain's Royal Na
Page 14 and 15: "I bloody hope so," Moore said with
Page 16 and 17: Chapter TwoLieutenant-Colonel Paul
Page 18 and 19: magazines that would keep the ammun
Page 20 and 21: "So you will take the oath?" McLean
Page 22 and 23: Excerpts of a letter from the Selec
Page 25 and 26: inflate a company into a battalion
Page 28 and 29: "The world would be better without
Page 30 and 31: So now one less man would sail east
Page 32 and 33: Chapter FourThe fleet sailed eastwa
Page 34: "We were maltreated in Boston," Cal
Page 37 and 38: Tyrannicide had also confirmed that
Page 39 and 40: From the Oath demanded by Brigadier
Page 41 and 42: "Plug it!" Little shouted at the ma
Page 43 and 44: "You promoted me to general yesterd
Page 45 and 46: "Long as it takes."They had to wait
Page 47 and 48: Chapter SixThe daylight was fading.
Page 49 and 50: "He's a patriot!" Lovell said in a
Page 51 and 52: "What are you doing?" Revere again
Page 53 and 54: A rowboat banged against the Centur
Page 55 and 56: Chapter SevenThe first shots crashe
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sir," McClure shouted over the musk
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Solomon Lovell's heart seemed to mi
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From Brigadier-General Lovell's des
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emembered the tall American in his
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"We thought him indestructible," De
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could conceal men from the guns of
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Chapter Nine"Where the devil is Rev
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"Then they will have something to f
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They would attack the battery.In th
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Hundreds? He wondered. Maybe two hu
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Chapter TenThe sun had not risen wh
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Praise the Lord, Wadsworth thought,
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marsh. The rebels patrolled that gr
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Letter from Brigadier-General Lovel
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on their flank?" Easily, Wadsworth
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Commodore Saltonstall declared he w
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ecome mired in pessimism and it nee
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Chapter TwelveAnd, suddenly, there
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at their sterns. Away to port was C
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need men willing to make that attac
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timber splinter to drive cloth into
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Chapter ThirteenA Royal Marine at t
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The fifty men filed through the aba
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dared to hope that the British woul
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From a letter by General Artemas Wa
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the powder charges were being carri
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fire, of the sparks flying and fall
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Historical NoteThe Penobscot Expedi
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on which Carnes was expertly equipp
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About the AuthorBERNARD CORNWELL, "
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CopyrightT HE FORT. Copyright (c) 2
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