For readers who like a combination of history that can connect with modern life. And for anyone who wonders why an author would write the way s/he did.
Story 1: James Holloway lost his young wife. He was frustrated with his older brother who wouldn't let him try out new ideas in the multi-generational family bakery. By chance he runs into an army recruiter, and signs up never dreaming he'll end up in Boston when the American Revolution is brewing.
Story 2: Historian Daphne Andrews marries the British Counsel in Boston. She becomes friends with the wife of the French Counsel which helps her overlook some of her dissatisfaction with her marriage. Together the two women work on a major project about the American Revolution.
Story 3: I interweave how and why I made the decisions I did to include certain scenes in the book.
My objective was to give a life to one of the unknown soldiers buried at the battleground. The book was written during Covid. Without the internet and National Park Ranger Jim Hollister, I could never have done the research necessary. After it was published we went to Lexington. I left flowers on the grave of the unknown soldier and gave a copy of the book to Jim. The U.S. Park Rangers do an incredible job.
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