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Kenneth lewis roberts december 8, 1885 july 21, 1957 was an american writer of historical novels. Ostensibly the story of benedict arnolds failed attack on the city of quebec on january 1st, 1776, the bulk of the novel is the arduous, impossible trip up the kennebec river through maines treacherous north woods to the st lawrence river and the frenchcanadian city of quebec. Kenneth roberts author kenneth roberts was the author of many bestselling historical novels. Kenneth roberts recently made a summer reading list oliver wiswell was the book of choice by usa conservative news heres the opening line when roberts was mentioned. The best historical novels ever written about the revolutionary war and the war of 1812 are by kenneth roberts, a very popular author 70 years ago that most people today have never heard of. Pdf arundel book by kenneth roberts free download 496 pages. Journals of the members of arnolds expeditions compiled and annotated by kenneth roberts during the writing of arundel online books in format pdf.
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