A riveting account of America's second war with England, from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Miracle of Dunkirk.
At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the great powers of Western Europe treated the United States like a disobedient child. Great Britain blocked American trade, seized its vessels, and impressed its sailors to serve in the Royal Navy. America's complaints were ignored, and the humiliation...

Traces the story of a pivotal six-week period in 1814 that marked the turnaround of the War of 1812 and enabled a nearly defeated U.S. to rally against British forces at Baltimore, in an account that also shares perspectives on such contributors as Admiral Cockburn and Francis Scott Key.

"Steward's son, John Steward joined the army as a lieutenant and fought with the elite regiment known as the Maryland Line from Long Island to South Carolina and to Yorktown, Virginia. The Cast of Characters in the stories are many and a center section is an illustration of the Revolution officers and elected politicians that the Steward served alongside. The stories of John are many and the book cover many. He was a warrior and as he led his men...