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

by Julie Flavell

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In December 1774, Benjamin Franklin met Caroline Howe, the sister of British Admiral Richard and General William Howe, in a London drawing room for "half a dozen Games of Chess." As Julie Flavell reveals, the games concealed a matter of the utmost diplomatic urgency, a last-ditch attempt to forestall the outbreak of war.

Aware that the Howes, both the men and the women, have seemed impenetrable to historians, Flavell investigated the letters...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1631490613

ISBN13:9781631490613

Release Date:July 2021

Publisher:Liveright Publishing Corporation

Length:480 Pages

Weight:1.86 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 6.4" x 9.6"

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