Victory at Valley Forge by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen

                                                        

Title: Victory at Yorktown
Author: Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen
Genre: Historical Fiction


Synopsis: The story of the events that lead to the battle at Yorktown in the American Revolution. Two young men who were friends before the war have ended up on opposite sides, one a loyalist fighting for the king, the other fighting for the continental army, working his way up to report information directly to George Washington. 

My Thoughts

I found this book in the discount section at Barnes and Noble and decided to give it a shot. July has been about reading stories set in the United States. Turns out that it was the third book in a series about George Washington. While I hate reading a series out of order, I didn't even realize it was part of a trilogy until after I had finished it and saw the other two listed in the back. So it speaks for itself saying that it can stand alone, not requiring the reader to have read the others in order to follow the story. 

I like that there are three perspectives explored in this novel, the one of George Washington, one of a young Continental, and one of a young Loyalist. It allows the reader to see what is happening on all fronts of the war while taking historic events and making them feel more real. It also provides an added dimension that the two young men had been friends before the war, and who have encountered one another over the course of the six years of fighting several times.

  I appreciate it when a war novel can be historically accurate and a well-told story. 

I look forward to finding and reading the other two books in the series!

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