John the Painter  -  Jessica Warner

terrorist of the American Revolution

KORTE INHOUD

His real name was James Aitken, though he was better known as "John the Painter." During the early months of the American Revolution, he wreaked havoc in England by performing acts of terror on behalf of America. In this first full-length chronicle of the man who attempted to burn down royal navy yards across England, Jessica Warner paints a tart and entertaining portrait of the world's first modern terrorist. At the height of the scare, King George III received daily briefings from his ministers, the Bow S...
2004 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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2004 Uitgever: Four Walls Eight Windows 298 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 156858315X ISBN-13: 9781568583150