Victory at Yorktown, Newt Gingrich
Victory at Yorktown, Newt Gingrich
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Victory at Yorktown
A Novel

Author: Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 12 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/13/2012

Synopsis

New York Times bestselling authors Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen pen the triumphant conclusion to their George Washington series-a novel of leadership, brotherhood, loyalty, and the victory of the American Revolutionary cause.

1781. After three years in a bitter stalemate, General Washington decides to embark on one of the most audacious moves in American military history. He will take nearly his entire army out of New Jersey and New York and force march it more than three hundred miles in complete secrecy. He must pray that the French navy is successful in blockading Chesapeake Bay, so that he can fall upon British General Cornwallis at Yorktown. It is a campaign laden with "Ifs" but the deadlock must be broken, otherwise the American spirit, after six long years of war, will crumble.

A tour de force narrative of one of America's most important heroes, Victory at Yorktown vividly portrays Washington's unparalleled courage, determination, and patriotism as he leads his professional army, once a "rabble in arms," to the heat of the Battle of Yorktown to execute the Revolution's most decisive contest.

About Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House, is the author of several bestselling books, including Valley Forge, To Try Men's Souls, Pearl Harbor and Gettysburg (all with William R. Forstchen). He is a member of the Defense Policy Board and co-chair of the UN Task Force, is the longest-serving teacher of the Joint War Fighting course for Major Generals, and served in Congress for twenty years. He is also the founder of the Center for Health Transformation.

About William Dufris

William Dufris began his audio career in London, England. He co-found the audio production company The Story Circle, Ltd in the UK. In the US, he founded Mind’s Eye Productions and co-founded Rocky Coast Radio Theatre in addition to The AudioComics Company, for which he is producer, director, actor and engineer. Durfis was nominated six times as a finalist for the APA's prestigious Audie Awards. He garnered eighteen Golden Earphones Awards through AudioFile magazine, which honored him as one of The Best Voices at the End of the Century. Of his work, AudioFile said, "William Dufris commands a dazzling array of voices that bring to life the dozens of audiobooks he’s narrated." His audiobook credits include many of Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen, Ph.D.'s works, such as Days of Infamy and Pearl Harbor, in addition to George McGovern’s Abraham Lincoln, Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon and John Scalzi’s The Ghost Bridges.Dufris acted on stage and in television and is best known as the original North American voice of the cartoon character Bob in Nickelodeon's popular children's show, Bob the Builder. Additionally, he worked with legendary director Dirk Maggs on his audio drama productions of Spider-Man.

About William R. Forstchen

William R. Forstchen is the author of the New York Times bestseller One Second After and We Look Like Men of War, among numerous other books in diverse subjects ranging from history to science fiction. He has co-authored several books with Newt Gingrich, including Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War, Pearl Harbor, Days of Infamy, To Try Men’s Souls and Valley Forge. Forstchen holds a Ph.D. in History from Purdue University, with specializations in military history and the history of technology. He is currently a Faculty Fellow and Professor of History at Montreat College, near Asheville North Carolina. He is a pilot and flies an original WWII recon "warbird." He resides near Asheville with his daughter Meghan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kenneth on February 20, 2018

Newt Gingrich's Revolutionary War books are a great way to "re-learn" history, for those of us who have forgotten more than we know today; or for young people to get a real sense of what America's founding was really like: blood, guts, and tears. Co-author William Forstchen is a real master of dialo......more

Goodreads review by Paul on November 06, 2017

Not technically perfect...as with a few publications these days I find a few syntactic errors, but LOVE the way crucial American history is brought to life with some imagination.......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on April 25, 2018

Very well written, with accurate historical context......more

Goodreads review by Wenzel on February 25, 2021

The characters and dialogue, as in the books before it, are all first rate. The amount of history taught via this series is amazing. This book seems to have crammed too much into one novel. Some very important items, such as Benedict Arnold, are not given enough page time. And the description of the......more

Goodreads review by Dale on May 24, 2017

A Review of the Audiobook Published in November of 2012 by Macmillan Audio. Read by William Dufris Duration: 12 hours, 2 minutes Unabridged Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen conclude their Revolutionary War-based trilogy with an up-and-down look at the final year of real action in the war (October o......more

Quotes

“William Dufris follows the authors' lead and concentrates on emotions…Listeners interested in military history will be familiar with the story but intrigued by the emotions.” —AudioFile Magazine

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