"Hugh Vine, Free Quaker. Former Lieutenant-Colonel on the Staff of His Excellency General Washington" is a historical novel by the outstanding American writer Silas Weir Mitchell. The book tells the story of a young man from Philadelphia, Hugh Vine, who becomes a free Quaker and joins the army under George Washington during the American Revolution. The author successfully combined historical events with epic adventures and complex internal conflicts of the protagonist. Readers will be able to feel the atmosphere of that time and experience with Hugh Vine the important moments and choices he had to face on the way to freedom and self-discovery."