"The American Revolution is a tale of love and hate: a beautiful woman is flogged for loving a Royalist and a young idealist commits murder in the name of liberty. The War for Independence is a family affair if you are Jonathan Gifford – and the woman is your stepdaughter and the idealist is your stepson. Gifford's Liberty Tavern stands at the crossroads of the Revolution where leaders meet, profiteers connive, and rival armies burn and pillage the landscape." --provided by Goodreads.