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发帖数: 60932 | 1 The Fort by Bernard Cornwell is a free ebook optimized for iPad, iPhone,
iPod Touch & NookColor owners. It's enhanced with audio & video, originally
priced at $25.99 and it's a novel about an important battle in the American
Revolutionary War. Here is the description:
"While the major fighting of the war moves to the south in the summer of
1779, a British force of fewer than a thousand Scottish infantry, backed by
three sloops-of-war, sails to the desolate and fog-bound coast of New
England. Establishing a garrison and naval base at Penobscot Bay, in the
eastern province of Massachusetts that would become Maine, the Scotsthe only
British troops between Canada and New Yorkharry rebel privateers and give
shelter to American loyalists.
In response, Massachusetts sends a fleet of more than forty vessels and some
one thousand infantrymen to captivate, kill or destroy the foreign invaders
. Second in command is Peleg Wadsworth, a veteran of the battles at
Lexington and Long Island, once aide to General Washington, and a man who
sees clearly what must be done to expel the invaders.
But ineptitude and irresolution lead to a mortifying defeatand have stunning
repercussions for two men on opposite sides: an untested eighteen-year-old
Scottish lieutenant named John Moore, who will begin an illustrious military
career; and a Boston silversmith and patriot named Paul Revere, who will
face court-martial for disobedience and cowardice.
Grounded firmly in history, inimitably told in Cornwell's thrilling
narrative style, The Fort is the extraordinary novel of this fascinating
clash between a superpower and a nation in the making."
The enhanced edition of this book includes:
*A documentary short where Bernard Cornwell walks them through this historic
event right where it all happened in modern day Castine, Maine.
*Extensive additional information about the book's characters and sailing
ships
*A Revolutionary War timeline
*A color map
*Author interviews
This ebook is currently priced at $16.99 in the iBookstore, so make sure you
download it through your Kindle or Nook app to get it for free if you are
using an Apple device. It appears to be a large file, so please be patient.
Readers in this forum here (Link:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138408
) said it will not download to a PC-based version of the Nook or Kindle
software. Someone in this forum also said if you download it to a regular
Kindle, it will download a stripped-down version of the book without the
audio/video. There is no news as to how well this will work on Android-based
tablets with the Kindle or Nook app installed on it.
To me, this ebook appears to be an interesting experiment in exploring the
potential of what an ebook could be, pushing the boundaries by adding
enhanced content about the book itself.
For the Kindle app on Apple devices: Link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003WUYQBO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=
For the NookColor: Link:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-fort-bernard-cornwell/10309
I don't know how long this book will remain free, but for historical fiction
lovers, lovers of history, or those curious about enhanced ebooks, this
download is the one for you.
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