The should-have companion to Bill O’Reilly’s historical docudrama Legends and Lies: The Patriots, an exciting and eye-opening have a look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leaders

The American Revolution was once neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against every other, as loyalists and colonial rebels faced off for their lives and futures. These were the times that tried men’s souls: nobody was once on stable ground and few might be trusted. Through the fascinating tales of the first Americans, Legends and Lies: The Patriots reveals the contentious arguments that turned friends into foes and the country into a warzone.

From the riots over a child’s murder that led to the Boston Massacre to the suspicious return of Ben Franklin, the “First American;” from the Continental Army’s first victory under George Washington’s leadership to the little known southern Guerilla campaign of “Swamp Fox” Francis Marion, and the celebration of The usa’s first Christmas, The Patriots recreates the amazing combination of resourcefulness, perseverance, strategy, and luck that led to this country’s creation.

Heavily illustrated with spectacular artwork that brings this important history to vivid life, and told in the same fast-paced, immersive narrative as the first Legends and Lies, The Patriots is an impossible to resist, adventure-packed journey back into probably the most storied moments of our nation’s wealthy history.