EBOOK Washington and Caesar

Inspired by a little-known historical factthat American slaves fought alongside the British in the Revolutionary Warthis epic novel tells of a Mount Vernon slave who joins a Loyalist black regiment charged with defeating his former master on the battlefield.The year is 1773. A new slave arrives at George Washington&'s Virginia estate and is given the name Caesar. But the war for independence will soon bring a turn of events neither master nor slave could have predicted. Within months they will be fighting on opposite sides: Washington as commander of the Continental Army, Caesar as a soldier in the legendary Loyalist corps made up of former slaves. In this captivating tour de force brimming with spectacular battle scenes and gripping historical detail, Caesar&'s perilous rise through the British ranks is deftly interwoven with the story of Washington&'s war years, leading to the day when they come face-to-face againthis time in uniform.From the Hardcover edition.