Will I love The Fate of the Day?

Massively detailed account of the middle period of the Revolutionary War. Atkinson writes military history, but here he also includes long discussions of the political dimensions of the war, especially American relations with France. He also has a gift for brisk, colorful character sketches, and there is no shortage of amazing characters in this war. George Washington is at the center of the story, as he should be, but the British generals come in for many pages of persistent, obvious mistakes, not merely military errors, but also errors in assessing the nature of the American resistance, which is far angrier… show more.

This is the second and latest volume in Rick Atkinson's trilogy about the American War of Independence. The British are growing ever more intransigent. The Americans ever more determined. The British win many battles, but the colonies are slipping from their grasp. With careful research, and imaginative insights, Atkinson recreates this complex story in a narrative that is both entertaining and compelling.