Reviews for The British Isles and the War of American Independence

The average rating for The British Isles and the War of American Independence based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-10-11 00:00:00 DAvid Scarpetti Style is terse, choppy and dense. The author very briefly reviews a lot of authors on the topic of each chapter and then quotes a lot of original sources. Everything is written as if you were incredibly familiar with the information already. Terms are used and not defined 'the corporation'. Old English terms are used with no footnotes. There are copious footnotes for all the references but the style is difficult to crack. After the first citation from a source some abbreviation is used on all subsequent references. On page 200 you might have a footnote "BL p.316" and have to read footnotes back for 50 pages before you find something that 'might' be abbreviated BL. There is no key so of course you could be wrong. Definitely not for the amateur who just wants the British point of view on the American Revolution.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-12-26 00:00:00 Keith Jernquist It started off ok then got a bit boring.