The narrative of how a fatherless young soldier with personal ambition rises to become a leader of soldiers prepared to put their lives on the line for the greater good. How a once-obedient British subject rises to fight an empire in a life-or-death struggle to create a new country. Then there's how, at the pinnacle of his authority, the triumphant general voluntarily steps down, becoming "the greatest man in the world," as King George III would put it.
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The narrative of how a fatherless young soldier with personal ambition rises to become a leader of soldiers prepared to put their lives on the line for the greater good. How a once-obedient British subject rises to fight an empire in a life-or-death struggle to create a new country. Then there's how, at the pinnacle of his authority, the triumphant general voluntarily steps down, becoming "the greatest man in the world," as King George III would put it.
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