The Howe Dynasty: The Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain's Wars for America Merchandise King George III sent the

King George III sent the largest amphibious force ever assembled to seize Manhattan and use it as a base from which to push up the Hudson River Valley for a grand rendezvous at Albany with an impressive army driving down from Canada

pursued a retreating Continental army under Major General Arthur St

making the mortal conflict between the redcoats and the rebels all the more compelling

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The Howe Dynasty: The Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain's Wars for America Merchandise King George III sent theThe Howe Dynasty: The Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain's Wars for America by Julie Flavell Finally revealing the familys indefatigable women among its legendary military figures, The Howe Dynasty recasts the British side of the American Revolution. In December 1774, Benjamin Franklin met Caroline Howe, the sister of British General Sir William Howe and Richard Admiral Lord Howe, in a London drawing room for half a dozen