Guns of Burgoyne

by Bruce Lancaster

A young Hessian officer in the British army participates in the events leading to Burgoyne's defeat at Saratoga

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction

424 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Bruce Lancaster was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on August 22, 1896. He served in the U.S. Army along the Mexican border in 1916 and later in France. After the war he returned to school and received a B.A. from Harvard in 1918. He worked in administration and sales for nine years, after which he served in the U.S. Foreign Service as Vice-Consul to Kobe, Japan (1928-1932). Following his return to the United States he became assistant secretary to the board of governors of the Society of New York Hospitals, and began to write the novels which would make him famous. Most of his works are historical novels, including Guns of Burgoyne, Trumpet to Arms, and Blind Journey. He has also written historical non-fiction, such as From Lexington to Liberty (1955).

Reviews

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

too many nimes and places and battles that i did not know about before so i should have liked it but i did not.I have read too many revolutionary war books, do not want to read any more even thouugh this was new in that it was from Canadas view of things. author did not make it interesting for me.