Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes - Christopher Hibbert Audiobook

Written by Christopher Hibbert
Read by David Case
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Copyright: 1990
Publisher: Books on Tape 2000
Total Duration: 13:58:05

The story of this war has usually been told in terms of a conflict between blundering British generals and their rigidly disciplined red-coated troops on the one side and heroic American patriots in their homespun shirts and coonskin caps on the other. In this compelling narrative, Christopher Hibbert portrays the realities of a war that raged the length of an entire continent—a war that thousands of George Washington’s fellow countrymen condemned and that he came close to losing.

Redcoats and Rebels provide a thorough introduction to the Revolutionary War. Told with great authority and clarity it describes and details the effects of each notable event from 1770 to 1781, examining each of the major battles and skirmishes but not getting bogged down in deep analysis of battle formations and strategies.

Instead concentrating on the war as a whole and its political and economic impacts on Britain and America and consequently how each commander’s strategy was affected, the book is filled with anecdotes to give the reader a clearer understanding of how the war affected the lives of those involved.

Based on a wide variety of sources and alive with astute character sketches and eyewitness accounts, Redcoats and Rebels presents a vivid and convincing picture of the “cruel, accursed” war that changed the world forever” Hibbert combines impeccable scholarship with a liveliness of style that lures the reader from page to page.”

Original was 10 tapes, 20 sides. Not my rip. I eliminated tape announces and overlap and chaptered. Sound was excellent.