LAST REFUGE OF SCOUNDRELS: A Revolutionary Novel
by Lussier, Paul
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0446523429
- ISBN 13
- 9780446523424
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Warner Books, Inc., 2001. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. LAST REFUGE OF SCOUNDRELS is the story of John Lawrence, a naive young merchant's son who finds love and his life's purpose in the force of nature that is Deborah Simpson, a prostitute who leads an unsung army of cooks, washerwomaen, jacktars, and fishermen into the fray. Secretly embraced by George Washington, these ordinary heroes prove to be the commander-in-chiefs' key to victory and the inspiration for his metamorphosis from careerist aristocrat to father of his country--more a man of the pople than his peers would ever know. In this audacious and irreverent new novel, based on long-overlooked facts of history, Paul Lussier blows the dust off of the American Revolution and its icons and takes us on a you-are-there journey into a lunatic underworld.a place in which everyday American citizens find themselves opposing the self-interested Founding Fathers as much as the bumbling Brits. LAST REFUGE OF SCOUNDRELS is at once a rollicking romp, a haunting love story, and a laugh-out-loud Dickensian epic that will stir passions as forceful as the Revolution itself. As new, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L28
Synopsis
The American Revolution has never been seen for what it really was: a circus of greed and self-aggrandizement as much as a war waged by colonial radicals. Last Refuge of Scoundrels focuses on the American Revolution as it was lived, breathed, experienced, and dreaded by historical characters who were actually there--from famous leaders such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin to the ordinary folk whom history has neglected, yet who were vital in the winning of our country's freedom. The story centers on the star-crossed love affair between two patriots, John Lawrence (a key aide to Washington) and Deborah Simpson (an American spy who disguises herself as a soldier), and through their eyes the events of the revolutionary times unfold. Along the way, the reader gets an up-close and three-dimensional look at such American legends as John Hancock, Franklin, Sam Adams, Washington, and other key personalities of the time. Lussier's historical account of these figures present the reader with amost entertaining and revelatory look at what really happened when our country was born. These Founding Fathers are nothing like the staid portr
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6766
- Title
- LAST REFUGE OF SCOUNDRELS: A Revolutionary Novel
- Author
- Lussier, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0446523429
- ISBN 13
- 9780446523424
- Publisher
- Warner Books, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- FICTION HISTORICAL UNITED STATES HISTORY REVOLUTION 1775 1783
- Product_type
- 2
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