The Braintree Mission

by Nicholas E. Wyckoff

Stated first printing bound in red and tan cloth. A VG+ copy in a VG dust jacket. Soiling to the edges of the book's upper page block. Bumps to its lower corners and rubs to its spine tips. The dust jacket has rubs to its spine tips and corners. Tanning to its spine and soiling to its panels.

Genres: Fiction

184 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1957

Reviews

[Muriel]

Short read about John Adams being offered a peerage in an effort by England to make peace with America before the Revolutionary War.

[Christine Bowles]

While it took me a fair amount of time to get through this book it was only because the subject matter was not something I am used to. It is a very well written account of a proposal to the Boston Colony to make one of their own an Earl in the House of Lords in England just after the bloody Boston "massacre" in 1770. While this proposal never in fact took place, the author tells the events of how it may have gone down and to what affect it would have on the relationship, which I took to understand as none.
As I said, this is not my usual read, even though it can be technically classified as "alternate history" the outcome was no different from true history. That being said I still found myself enjoying the tale. The characters of John and Abigail Adams, whom the author himself titles the hero and heroine of the tale, were wonderful people indeed! And I was also attracted by the writing style, which I found to be beautiful.
That being said, I am sure this book is not for everyone. But I say history lovers should try and give it a read!