How the American Revolution played in British drawing rooms

Richard and William Howe, British commanders during the American Revolution, were celebrities in their time but were regarded by contemporaries as inscrutable and enigmatic, men of action and not words. Historians largely agreed, but until now, most hadn’t bothered to consult the copious correspondence of a less celebrated Howe sibling, their sister Caroline.

In her vivid and compelling new book, “The Howe Dynasty: The Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain’s Wars for America,”