The Howe Dynasty: The Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain's Wars for America

by Julie Flavell

Book Overview

In December 1774, Benjamin Franklin met Caroline Howe, the sister of British Admiral Richard and General William Howe, in a London drawing room for "half a dozen Games of Chess." As Julie Flavell reveals, the games concealed a matter of the utmost diplomatic urgency, a last-ditch attempt to forestall the outbreak of war.

Aware that the Howes, both the men and the women, have seemed impenetrable to historians, Flavell investigated the letters...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631490613
• ISBN13: 9781631490613
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.6"