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Washington and Caesar

by Christian Cameron

ISBN: 0385337760
ISBN-13: 9780385337762
Format: Hardcover

Summary

The Caesar of the title is an African slave named Cese Mwakale, who is banished to the Great Dismal Swamp because he has displeased his owner, George Washington. Once away from the plantation, Caesar goes to work for the British troops, hoping to gain his freedom as a result-and meets up with Washington again in 1777 at Brandywine Creek....

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"Cameron has done his homework well, peppering his pages with real-life incidents rendered with precise attention to detail; where he invents, he does so plausibly. His handling of regional dialects and the language of the time...is particular skillful. More praiseworthy still is Cameron's careful plotting....A treat for Revolutionary War buffs...."

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Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
Published date: 2003
Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 2 pounds
Pages: 592

Publisher's Notes

Inspired by a little-known historical fact—that American slaves fought alongside the British in the Revolutionary War—this epic novel tells of a Mount Vernon slave who joins a Loyalist black regiment charged with defeating his former master on the battlefield.

The year is 1773. A new slave arrives at George Washington's Virginia estate and is given the name Caesar. But the war for independence will soon bring a turn of events neither master nor slave could have predicted. Within months they will be fighting on opposite sides: Washington as commander of the Continental Army, Caesar as a soldier in the legendary Loyalist corps made up of former slaves. In this captivating tour de force brimming with spectacular battle scenes and gripping historical detail, Caesar's perilous rise through the British ranks is deftly interwoven with the story of Washington's war years, leading to the day when they come face-to-face again—this time in uniform.

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