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The World Turned Upside Down. A Tale of a Highlander in the American Revolutionary War.: Book 3 : Brandywine to Yorktown.
"The World Turned Upside Down" is the final book in the Ewan MacKenzie trilogy , binging to life the final years of the American War of Independence. The earlier novels, "No Great Mischief if They Fall" and "Liberty or Death" tell Ewan's story from being a young warrior in the Jacobite Rebellion to becoming a Redcoat in the French and Indian War, dragged through the terrors of Pontiac's Rising and finally choosing to fight for his new American home in the Revolutionary War. The final chapter of this sweeping saga sees Ewan fighting for his life amid the 3rd Virginia Regiment's brave stand at the Battle of Brandywine Creek and struggling to survive through the harsh winter camps at Morristown and Valley Forge. Yet Ewan and his family face their greatest threat, when the British invade Virginia with Malachi Cobden, Ewan's sworn enemy, in their midst.
295 pages, Paperback
Published August 23, 2020
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October 9, 2020
Another great story by Martin Dey
The last of the trilogy is poignant and insightful. Some historical events to ponder: Washington insisting on his troops receiving the live sample of small pox tissue for inoculation, the British leaving Yorktown after the surrender with ex slaves in their protection and of course the survival of a fledgling army through two unbearable winters at Morristown and Valley Forge. The creative concept of a soldier surviving four brutal wars spanning so many years makes the trilogy well worth reading and it would be a terrific television series.
The last of the trilogy is poignant and insightful. Some historical events to ponder: Washington insisting on his troops receiving the live sample of small pox tissue for inoculation, the British leaving Yorktown after the surrender with ex slaves in their protection and of course the survival of a fledgling army through two unbearable winters at Morristown and Valley Forge. The creative concept of a soldier surviving four brutal wars spanning so many years makes the trilogy well worth reading and it would be a terrific television series.
September 7, 2020
Conclusion to the Mackenzie trilogy
I have thoroughly enjoyed this series. The finale like the other two books has a great plot, woven into historical events concluding with the Virginia campaign of 1781.
A great read...
I have thoroughly enjoyed this series. The finale like the other two books has a great plot, woven into historical events concluding with the Virginia campaign of 1781.
A great read...
September 29, 2020
Great Trilogy
These books have been great reading. Became lost in the story and felt for the characters who I became to know. Don't want to spoil this but glad to see justice done!
These books have been great reading. Became lost in the story and felt for the characters who I became to know. Don't want to spoil this but glad to see justice done!
July 17, 2025
The final instalment of this trilogy. Also the weakest. It is much shorter than the two previous instalments and while it remains well written, interesting and exciting, it also retains many of the weaknesses of the previous instalments.
The plot sees MacKenzie fighting in the US War of Independence as a regular soldier, briefly deviating to the Caribbean on a personal vendetta, then returning to serve as a militia man at Yorktown and the de facto end of the war. The epilogue covers the end of his life.
The lack of a good editor is again apparent. The device of a journal again falls flat when chapters from other viewpoints are inserted. The need to go to the Caribbean to reintroduce the main enemy character is ill thought out, not really believable and rushed.
But despite this, I am really glad to have read this trilogy. It was informative and entertaining.
The plot sees MacKenzie fighting in the US War of Independence as a regular soldier, briefly deviating to the Caribbean on a personal vendetta, then returning to serve as a militia man at Yorktown and the de facto end of the war. The epilogue covers the end of his life.
The lack of a good editor is again apparent. The device of a journal again falls flat when chapters from other viewpoints are inserted. The need to go to the Caribbean to reintroduce the main enemy character is ill thought out, not really believable and rushed.
But despite this, I am really glad to have read this trilogy. It was informative and entertaining.
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