The Fort

· HarperCollins UK
4.1
20 reviews
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480
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‘Captivate, kill or destroy the whole force of the enemy’ was the order given to the American soldiers.

THE FORT is the blistering novel from worldwide bestseller Bernard Cornwell.

Summer 1779.

Seven hundred and fifty British soldiers and three small ships of the Royal Navy. Their orders: to build a fort above a harbour to create a base from which to control the New England seaboard.

Forty-one American ships and over nine hundred men. Their orders: to expel the British.

The battle that followed was a classic example of how the best-laid plans can be disrupted by personality and politics, and of how warfare can bring out both the best and worst in men. It is a timeless tale of men at war, written by a master storyteller.

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4.1
20 reviews
Andrew Moore
December 2, 2012
I love Cornwells books but this was tedious and episodic. Lacks his usual flair for character and narrative. The ending is sudden and leaves you thinking there must be some missing pages but there aren't any. What happens to the characters afterwards? Lazy writing and completely forgettable.
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Stephen Scott
December 5, 2014
Dragged out to much.
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David Field
January 13, 2020
predictable
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About the author

Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex, and now lives mainly in the USA with his wife. In addition to the hugely successful Sharpe novels, Bernard Cornwell is the author of the Starbuck Chronicles, the Warlord trilogy, the Grail Quest series, the Alfred series and Azincourt.

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