Six top nonfiction books set in the Revolutionary War era

Deborah Harkness teaches European history and the history of science to undergraduates and graduate students at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and The Book of Life.

Her latest novel is Time's Covert.

At The Week magazine Harkness tagged six favorite nonfiction books set in the Revolutionary War era. One title on the list:

Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution by Caroline Cox (2016).

Using firsthand testimony from military pension applications, Cox's meticulously researched history illuminates the experiences of boys under age 16 — and some as young as 8 — who fought in the war for independence.

Read about another entry on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue