In the first truly monumental conflict in the New World, a ragtag army of volunteer soldiers wrestled with a mighty nation and hordes of brutal Indians for control of their growing country. And in the process learned to know themselves as Americans.
AMY SCHUYLER: Beautiful, young and restless, she became a patriot in the field as a pitched battle raged around her.
MARIE BEAUBASSIN: A dark and sensuous French beauty who became a master of espionage only to discover that revenge proved to be disastrous.
PLUS Molly Brant, a Mohawk princess wedded to the American cause, Elizabeth Wadsworth, a Boston Brahmin with a gift for war at sea, and Michelle Talon, a petite Canadian with a heart too gentle for war.