The traitor's wife : a novel : the woman behind Benedict Arnold and the plan to betray America
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476738604 (trade pbk.) :
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Physical Description:
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xiv, 467 p. ; 22 cm. - Edition: 1st Howard Books trade paperback ed.
- Publisher: New York : Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2014.
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Subject: | Arnold, Margaret Shippen, 1760-1804 -- Fiction Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 -- Fiction Allegiance -- Fiction Traitors -- Fiction |
Genre: | Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. First novel. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | Pata (Text) | 33294001874411 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
"Socialite Peggy Shippen is half Benedict Arnold's age when she seduces the war hero during his stint as military commander of Philadelphia. Blinded by his young bride's beauty and wit, Arnold does not realize that she harbors a secret: loyalty to the British. Nor does he know that she hides a past romance with the handsome British spy John Andre. Peggy watches as her husband, crippled from battle wounds and in debt from years of service to the colonies, grows ever more disillusioned with his hero, Washington, and the American cause. Together with her former love and her disaffected husband, Peggy hatches the plot to deliver West Point to the British and, in exchange, win fame and fortune for herself and Arnold."--Back cover.