Friday, July 12, 2024

Celeste De Blasis’ AMERICA’S DAUGHTER – Well Researched, Well Told with Endearing Characters, the Revolutionary War Come to Life


This is the story of Addie Valencourt who lives with her widowed father and brothers in Boston. Her father is a Loyalist but Addie and her brothers are Patriots. When, dressed like a boy, she sneaks out to witness the Boston Tea Party, she knows her world is about to change forever. Soon, the glittering summers in rural Virginia with her cousins and the plush prosperity of her father’s home in Boston are eclipsed by the fight for American independence.

When the British forces lay siege to Boston, Addie’s family is torn in two. Her brothers and her childhood sweetheart Silas leave to become aides to General Washington alongside Alexander Hamilton, while Addie’s English-born, Loyalist father welcomes the British into his home.

 

This is part one and the story continues in the next two in the trilogy: America’s Wife and America’s Promise. I have bought all three. Celeste De Blasis is a great author and this series is no exception. The characters are richly drawn and the research impeccable.

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