It's 1776 and the American Colonies are in rebellion. This far-off trouble changes the life of German Baroness Charlotte Riedesel in a heartbeat when her husband Friedrich is appointed commanding general of King George III's fearsome mercenary troops. Unwilling to remain home alone and determined to keep their family together, Charlotte embarks on a daunting and dangerous four-thousand mile journey to America with her three small daughters in tow.
She accompanies her husband on British General John Burgoyne's march through the New York wilderness - an ambitious campaign that promises to put an end to the rebellion. But with dwindling supplies and a relentless enemy, it is a campaign that is fast unraveling into chaos. With the humiliating surrender of the British at Saratoga, the entire Riedesel family become prisoners-of-war, shuffled here and there on the whims of the American Congress, and Charlotte must face the very real possibility they may never return home to Germany.
Based on a little-known true story, MRS. RED HAZEL shines light on "the other side" of the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of the remarkable Baroness Charlotte Riedesel.
