The unarmed patriots within the city are seen as a minor inconvenience by General Howe who commands the English garrison and indeed he humours them at the many parties he holds he would like to see a peace treaty signed with George Washington. While Sharpe was action-packed, Redcoat concentrates less on the battles and more on the intrigue and treachery among the various figures on both sides of the war in the city. Redcoat was first published in 1987 and Cornwell wrote it before his hugely popular multi-volume TV-adapted Sharpe series began.
Some a loyalists supporting the English regime policed by the occupying Redcoats that they nickname ‘lobsters’, and some are staunch patriots who want to see America free from the yoke of a far off government. Redcoat is set in the year 1777 in war-torn Philadelphia populated by clergy, merchants and farmers with divided loyalties.
After spending most of the year reading Bernard Cornwell’s Last Kingdom series it was interesting to read one of his early standalone novels.
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