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eBook Category: Historical Fiction EPPIE Award Finalist
eBook Description: When Governor Robert Dinwiddie appointed George Washington to the post of Adjutant General of Virginia in 1753 the twenty-one year old militia major eagerly anticipated a great adventure. What he got were hardship, responsibility, and frustration as the British emissary to the French legions then occupying the Ohio Valley. Book 1 of the Neophyte Warrior series is the story of a young man beleaguered by the onerous duties of his office and by the tribulations of a land about to erupt in conflict. Washington's clumsy diplomacy would only provoke the already escalating tensions between the two European powers, their colonies, and their Indian allies. The French and Indian War would be the result, a war that would have momentous consequences for the future of North America and profound implications for the founding-father-in-training of a nation as yet inconceivable.

eBook Publisher: Zumaya Publications/Zumaya Publications, Published: Zumaya Publications, 2002
Fictionwise Release Date: September 2002

This eBook is part of the following series:

• Richard Patton's Neophyte Warrior Series

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Fort Le Boeuf was an exhilarating sight. It was a true fortress, with solid bastions, port-holes for cannon, loop-holes for small arms and a graceful fleur-de-lis flying above its main gate.

When Major George Washington and his entourage reached the top of the small rise on which the fort stood, the view became even more impressive. Docked below, in the meandering creek that eventually flowed into the Allegheny River, were at least three-hundred canoes and bateaux.

Christopher Gist looked at his young friend and said, "Well, George, what does Saint Pierre have to say about Dinwiddie's ultimatum?"

Washington removed the letter that the fort's commander had sent a half-hour earlier. It was a response to the Virginia governor's written demand that the French vacate the Ohio lands.

Washington quickly distilled the rococo language of diplomacy to its essence.

"He says: I do not think myself obliged to obey it," the young Virginian answered, gazing thoughtfully down at the creek. "Based on the size of that flotilla, I'd say he makes a good point."

Washington has exhausted the options as His Majesty's Envoy in Book One of the Neophyte Warrior series*. The belligerents--French, British, and Indianmust now prepare for combat.