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Henry, none of the scientific inventiveness of Ben Franklin, none of the instinct for political science of John Adams. Few claim he was the most expert military tactician, or the most efficient politician. But without Washington, there would have been no Trenton, no Monmouth, and no French alliance. Without Washington, there would have been no General Lafayette, General Greene, or General von Steuben.

Throughout the entire ordeal of the American Revolution, and throughout the exhaustive historical studies of this time, no other name has risen, no other name has ever been placed into the same historical arena as George Washington. By his patience, dignity, perseverance, and his unwavering devotion to his cause, he is entitled to claim absolute responsibility for those triumphs that ensured the existence of the United States of America. He is indeed, the Father of His Country.

By Jeff Shaara

Published by Ballantine Books

GODS AND GENERALS

THE LAST FULL MEASURE

GONE FOR SOLDIERS

RISE TO REBELLION

THE GLORIOUS CAUSE

A Ballantine Book

Published by The Ballantine Publishing Group

Copyright © 2002 by Jeffrey M. Shaara

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by The Ballantine Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.

Portraits:

George Washington by James Peale, ca 1787–90, after Charles Wilson Peale

(courtesy of Independence National Historic Park)

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Sifrede Duplessis, 1783

(collections of the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations)

Nathanael Greene by Charles Wilson Peale, ca 1783

(courtesy of Independence National Historic Park)

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis by Thomas Gainsborough

(courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Shaara, Jeff, 1952–

The glorious cause : a novel of the American Revolution / Jeff Shaara.

p. cm.

1. United States—History—Revolution, 1775–1783—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3569.H18 G58 2003

813′.54—dc21

2002034240

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