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american revolution
aristocrat
Author_Julie Flavell
battle of bunker hill
ben franklin
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founding father
george ii
georgian england
horace walpole
london
military family
nottingham
seven years war
war of independence
womens history
Product details
- ISBN 9781631490613
- Weight: 839g
- Dimensions: 165 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jul 2021
- Publisher: W W Norton & Co Ltd
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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In December 1774, Benjamin Franklin met Caroline Howe, the sister of British Admiral Richard and General William Howe, in a London drawing room for “half a dozen Games of Chess”. As Julie Flavell reveals, the games concealed a matter of the utmost diplomatic urgency, a last-ditch attempt to forestall the outbreak of war.
Aware that the Howes, both the men and the women, have seemed impenetrable to historians, Flavell investigated the letters of Caroline Howe, which have been overlooked for centuries. Using these revelatory documents, Flavell provides a compelling reinterpretation of England’s famous family across four wars, centring on their enigmatic roles in the American Revolution. The Howe Dynasty interweaves action-packed stories of North American military campaigns—including the Battles of Bunker Hill and Long Island—with parlour-room intrigues back in England, creating a riveting narrative that brings alive the influence of these extraordinary women in both peacetime and war.
Born in Massachusetts, Julie Flavell has pursued a lifelong interest in Anglo-American relationships as reflected in her first book, When London Was Capital of America. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Flavell lives in Britain.
