The series has very nice cinematography. That's all I can say good about it. The rest is so historically inaccurate that it's difficult to even begin a critical analysis. Abraham Woodhull did not marry Mary Smith until 1781, and their first child was not born until after the Revolutionary War was over. Their son was named Jesse. not Thomas, and he was born after two daughters. Anna Smith Strong was 10 years older than Abraham, and they never were engaged. He was 10 years old when Anna was 20, the age she married Selah. Anna and Selah did not operate a tavern, they were landed gentry, living in St. George's Manor. John Graves Simcoe never stayed there. He lived off and on in the Townsend home in Oyster Bay 1778-1781. Simcoe also was not the psychopath as portrayed. Robert Rogers only led the Queen's Rangers until Jan. 1777, after which the command passed on to Christopher French, then to James Wemyss,and then to Simcoe in October 1777. Woodhull's father Richard was not a staunch Tory, but rather was Whig-ish. The abortive raid on Connecticut where Simcoe was captured never happened, and he was certainly never tortured by Brewster and Tallmadge. I could go on and on, but am limited by a text limit. Alexander Rose's book was outstanding, but this series that was based on it, it a farce.
Review of TURN: Washington's Spies
TURN: Washington's Spies
(2014–2017)
A great story ruined by complete historical inaccuracy
15 April 2014