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Sons of Liberty Review: Fails to Satisfy Our Historical Hunger

The A&E mini-series Sons of Liberty lacks a historical punch, taking too many liberties on the greatest story ever told. Review by Matt Cummings Historical Fiction has returned to television in a big way: with Vikings and Black Sails doing very well for their respective networks, it's clear that audiences have a thirst that at this point cannot be quenched. The problem with all of them is historical accuracy: for the A&E mini-series Sons of Liberty , it seems like someone forgot to tell them that such standards exist. Led by colonial radical Samuel Adams (Ben Barnes) and businessman John Hancock (Rafe Spall), a group of Bostonian agitators begin to fight back against a variety of taxes and harsh treatment by Governor Thomas Hutchinson (Sean Gilder). As Britain responds to the Boston Massacre by sending General Thomas Gage (Marton Csokas) to subdue the rebels, Bostonians respond by organizing and preparing for a full-blown conflict. This three-night, six-hour