Item - Redcoats and Minutemen: The American War of Independence

(review based upon the Italian translation)

This one takes on a subject which basically offers you a choice of two sides, either to remain a loyalist to Great Britain or take up arms as a rebellious "American," a fairly well-known theme.

It treats the two sides a bit more fairly than book 2, The Last Invasion. But it is easy to detect a bit of bias as it always talks up the superiority of the British army, even when the rebel forces win. I suppose that is to be expected (and is more or less accurate). Like book #1, Madame Guillotine, it doesn't really explore the reasons for the rebels' grievances against the British, but I suppose the author wanted to get right into the action.

As with previous books, the passages are short and bland, particularly the battle scenes, which read like a very boring textbook. And obviously, there's nothing you can do to change the history, for example, win the war for the Brits.

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