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A chance meeting that changed lives...By July of 1780, the American War of Independence under the command of General George Washington had been raging for more than five years. And, at long last, aid from the French arrives in the form of troops led by LeComte de Rochambeau. Rochambeau chooses as his bodyguard an Italian mercenary, Major Jean Canossa, who has volunteered to fight in America so he could rise in rank. This appointment has a profound...
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Gen. George Washington faced a myriad of obstacles in the summer of 1781.In George Washington at Head Quarters, Dobbs Ferry, author and historian Mary Sudman Donovan explores this crucial period during the American Revolutionary War by chronicling his activities.In July, he moved a large contingent of the Continental army to the east bank of the Hudson River near the eastern terminus of Dobbs Ferry. There, on a large expanse known as Philipsburg,...
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Gen. George Washington faced a myriad of obstacles in the summer of 1781.
In George Washington at "Head Quarters, Dobbs Ferry," author and historian Mary Sudman Donovan explores this crucial period during the American Revolutionary War by chronicling his activities.
In July, he moved a large contingent of the Continental army to the east bank of the Hudson River near the eastern terminus of Dobbs Ferry. There, on a large expanse known as Philipsburg,...
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A hardened war hero, Gator Aid Rochambeau is on a collision course with fate. Retired Marine Raider, Gator Aid Rochambeau is now an Iniquus elite security operative. He's been assigned to the Davidson mission. As the job gets underway, he is unprepared for the psychic confusion that swirls through his system. New to his psychic experiences, he reaches out to fellow Strike Force member, Lynx, for information, only to discover she too is battling a...
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Juliette Rochambeau was heartbroken when the boy she loved ran from South Carolina. Fifteen years later, she returns to her hometown to appraise her family's historic gem-encrusted necklace. Becket Ford is a thief whose regret over leaving Juliette behind tears at his heart. His remorse, however, must take a back seat when a sadistic puppet master forces him to use their connection to steal the necklace or die trying. As they both vie for possession...
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Richard M. Ketchum illuminates, for the first time, the strategies and heroic personalities-American and French-that led to the surprise victory at Yorktown, only the second major battle the Americans would win in almost seven horrific years. Relying on good fortune, daring, and sheer determination never to give up, American and French fighters-many of whom walked from Newport and New York to Virginia-brought about that rarest of military operations:...
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Someone had to make him pay...
Faith Rochambeau is determined to make her biological father, Victor Telemann, pay for his crimes. Using her computer skills to dig into his life, she searches for the powerful man's Achilles Heel and a way to extract retribution. She'll do whatever it takes to get a conviction, even it if means infiltrating his Fortune 500 company.
She fails to plan on falling in love with her father's smooth-talking stepson, Kent...
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Americans today have a love/hate relationship with France, but in How the French Saved America Tom Shachtman shows that without France, there might not be a United States of America.
To the rebelling colonies, French assistance made the difference between looming defeat and eventual triumph. Even before the Declaration of Independence was issued, King Louis XVI and French foreign minister Vergennes were aiding the rebels. After the Declaration, that...
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The Providence River begins its journey from the confluence of the Moshassuck and Woonasquatucket Rivers, in the capital city from which the river takes its name. A short distance downstream, the Seekonk River joins with the Providence as they flow on toward the mouth of Narragansett Bay. The history of the Ocean State was made on the banks of this historic river. It was here that Roger Williams established the first settlement dedicated to religious...
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Qui, en dehors d'Haïti, a déjà entendu parler de la bataille de Vertières, point d'aboutissement de la guerre d'indépendance haïtienne? Qui sait que cet affrontement s'est soldé, en 1803, par l'une des pires défaites napoléoniennes? Que les Noirs s'y réclamaient des idéaux de la Révolution? Pourtant, cette bataille aurait dû faire date: son issue, désastreuse pour la puissance coloniale française, allait fissurer de manière irrémédiable...
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"It's almost cheaper than shoplifting," raves The Bargain Shopper about his system for deep-discount shopping. Born into the 'wrong century', Charles Rochambeau despises technology, computers, and internet shopping. He was cursed with 'bad timing' as his father squandered the family fortune on Wall Street. As a scion of the legendary French general who helped Washington defeat the British in The Revolutionary War, he has become a 'Certified Professional...
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