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“If I had ten thousand lives, I would lay them all down.”
In the early 1770’s, Nathan Hale is a young philosophy student at Yale. There, he, his brother, and their friend, Ben Tallmadge, are busying themselves with intellectual debate and occasional mischief.
Only too soon, their patriotic ideals of revolution and liberty would be put to the test. Forced to choose between love and duty, young Nathan has to face the harsh personal cost of deeply held beliefs as he leaves to become Washington’s spy.
In this powerful novel of friendship and sacrifice, Samantha Wilcoxson paints a vivid portrait of a young man’s principled passion and dedication to his ideals, turning the legend into flesh and blood.
This is the touching and thought-provoking story of how an ordinary boy grew into an extraordinary man – an American hero.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Samantha Wilcoxson is an author of emotive biographical fiction and strives to help readers connect with history’s unsung heroes. She also writes nonfiction for Pen & Sword History. Samantha loves sharing trips to historic places with her family and spending time by the lake with a glass of wine. Her most recent work is Women of the American Revolution, which explores the lives of 18th century women, and she is currently working on a biography of James Alexander Hamilton.
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| My Review |
An intriguing read, particularly suited for those who are interested in, or want to know more about American history -- and the birth of a nation. I know the British view, what started the War of Independence (basically the British stopping the smuggling trade at Rhode Island and a greed for taxes) and some of the early American nautical history but that is about my limit.
Nathan Hale was an American patriot, someone, I suspect, that many of us British readers have never heard of, which is where historical fiction nicely fills that empty gap of course.
Samantha Wilcoxson portrays Hale's character well, his strengths and weaknesses, his beliefs and his determination, but like most stories of war and conflict this is rather a tragic and sad story about a man who follows his principles to the bitter end.
As I know nothing of Hale, I cannot say whether the book is accurate regarding research etc. I think I would have enjoyed the read more, had I been more aware of the characters involved, and indeed known more about the American view of this bitter era of history -- not the author's fault that I don't!
The pacing of the narrative does slow a little in places which is a shame, and I felt the ending was a tad rushed, but all the same, a most interesting read particularly for American history enthusiasts.
**** 4 stars
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