Partisans and Redcoats

<p>From one of the South?s foremost historians this is the dramatic story of the conflict in South Carolina that was one of the most pivotal contributions to the American Revolution. </p><p> In 1779 Britain strategised a war to finally subdue the rebellious American colonies with a minimum of additional time effort and blood. Setting sail from New York harbour with 8500 ground troops a powerful British fleet swung south towards South Carolina. One year later Charleston fell. And as King George?s forces pushed inland and upward it appeared the six-year-old colonial rebellion was doomed to defeat. In a stunning work on forgotten history acclaimed historian Walter Edgar takes the American Revolution far beyond Lexington and Concord to re-create the pivotal months in a nation?s savage struggle for freedom. It is a story of military brilliance and devastating human blunders - and the courage of an impossibly outnumbered force of demoralised patriots who suffered terribly at the hands of a merciless enemy yet slowly gained confidence through a series of small triumphs that convinced them their war could be won. Alive with incident and colour. </p>