Rick Atkinson unmasks Revolutionary War scope in The British are Coming
Historian Rick Atkinson discusses his planned American Revolution trilogy. He travels from Massachusetts battlefields to Windsor Castle to study King George III papers for The British are Coming, his ninth book. The work argues for a multivolume, narrative approach to 1775 77, highlighting war’s global stakes, leadership bonds, and human endurement.
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Rick Atkinson
Massachusetts
London
Windsor Castle
George Ik
Henry VIII Gate
Round Tower
Associated Press
George
Atkinson
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John Marshall
Supreme Court
George Washington
Robert Middlekauff
John Ferling
Nathaniel Philbrick
Bunker Hill
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Valley Forge
Yorktown
Ray Raphael
Pacific
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The British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson
The book covers Washington famed campaigns at Trenton and Princeton while detailing small wartime rituals like rum allowances and elm shadows on Boston Common. It contrasts King George III and George Washington, portraying Washington’s growth from reckless commander to strategic leader.
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Trenton
Princeton
George Washington
Atkinson
Boston Common
New Jersey
Lexington
Concord
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King George
George
Hamilton
Alan Bennett
Washington
Sleepy Maestro Dreams of Conducting in Bed
A suburban wife describes her husband who conducts in his sleep and occasionally hits her. She imagines channeling his talents into productive tasks like fixing the garage door, while he retorts with groggy humor. A light, humorous note ends with social media plugs for Lost in Suburbia.
Today in history highlights from 1536 to 2014 events
A compact roster of notable events spans 1536 Beheading of Anne Boleyn to 2014 U.S. charges against Chinese officials for hacking. Also includes 1962 Marilyn Monroe singing to Kennedy, 1994 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis death, and postwar pledges with Churchill and Roosevelt. Several political and immigration shifts are noted, alongside a list of ages for contemporary figures Sam Smith Nancy Kwan Israel Hodgon Michael Che Nolan Lyons.
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Anne Boleyn
England
Henry VIII
Charles I
California
Hiram Johnson
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Warren G. Harding
T.E. Lawrence
Lawrence of Arabia
Dorset
U.S. Congress
Winston Churchill
Japan
Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
France
Marilyn Monroe
Clinton White House
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
New York
U.N
United Nations
Guantanamo Bay
Barack Obama
U.S
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Madison Square Garden
County Armagh
Northern Ireland
Mary Jo Buttafuoco
Massapequa
Joey
Amy Fisher
Sam Smith
Nancy Kwan
Israel Houghton
Michael Che
Nolan Lyons
GHNS
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