WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE WHERE POSSIBLE-LARGE SIZE SOFT COVER EDITION. ISBN 9780007331734..The Fort is a 2010 historical novel written by Bernard Cornwell which relates to the events of the Penobscot Expedition of 1779 during the American Revolutionary War. The novel centers on the efforts of the British to establish and hold the fort against superior numbers of American patriots, and it contrasts the actions of John Moore and Paul Revere