Prelude To Glory - By The Dawn's Early Light - Volume 9 in Series by Ron Carter

In this long-awaited, final volume in the Prelude To Glory series, author Ron Carter brings to a close his much-acclaimed fictional recreation of the Revolutionary War and the subsequent conflicts that resulted in the establishment of the United States of America.

It is 1807, and liberty and independence have been won through a bloody revolution. As new constitution, based on the concept of liberty and justice for all, is in place, and the fledgling United States of America has begun to build what will be a spectacular capitol city called Washington D.C.

But high-handed tactics by British warships against American vessels create an untenable relationship between the young nation and its arrogant former masters. American ships are being stopped on  the high seas, and crew members and cargoes are being unlawfully seized. If the United States is going to retain its hard-won place among sovereign nations, war seems the only remedy, though once again going up against the naval might of Great Britain promises to be a mismatch of monumental proportions. President James Madison must make a far-reaching and potentially disastrous recommendation to a sharply divided U.S. Congress.

Filled with exciting sea battles heroic action by both historic and fictional figures, vivid accounts of the burning of Washington, D.C. the battle of New Orleans, and the desperate American defense of Baltimore, which inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-spangled Banner," volume 9 of the Prelude To Glory series chronicles the War of 1812 and the ultimate consolidation of the independence of the United States.

Readers who have reveled in this series will gain new insight into the historical events and discover also the destiny of the much-loved fictional characters who have endured so much and played such a vital part in the previous volumes, as the Weemses, Dunsons, and Strouds play out their lives and their participation in the founding and establishment of "the land of the free and the home of the brave."