Crossed Swords

Historical novel about the American Revolutionary war. Historical novel set during the 1775 attack on Quebec by American forces. Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold led the American forces who were successfully repulsed by the British garrison under the command of Guy Carleton. This tale of love and valor is woven around an episode of international history, the fifth siege of Quebec by the Continental troops, under General Richard Montgomery, during the war of the American Revolution. No event chronicled in the annals of the Republic or of the Dominion surpasses it in romantic interest and picturesqueness of detail; and for daring, courage and endurance of hardship, few adventures equal that midwinter attack on what was then an impregnable stronghold.