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Howard Books
February 2014
On Sale: February 11, 2014
Featuring: Peggy Shippen; Benedict Arnold; John Andre
498 pages
ISBN: 1476738602
EAN: 9781476738604
Kindle: B00DPM7UJY
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A riveting historical novel about Peggy Shippen Arnold, the cunning wife of Benedict Arnold and mastermind behind Americaโs most infamous act of treason . . . Everyone knows Benedict Arnoldโthe Revolutionary War general who betrayed America and fled to the Britishโas historyโs most notorious turncoat. Many know Arnoldโs co-conspirator, Major John Andrรฉ, who was apprehended with Arnoldโs documents in his boots and hanged at the orders of General George Washington. But few know of the integral third character in the plot: a charming young woman who not only contributed to the betrayal but orchestrated it. Socialite Peggy Shippen is half Benedict Arnoldโs age when she seduces the war hero during his stint as military commander of Philadelphia. Blinded by his young brideโs 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 Andrรฉ. 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. Told from the perspective of Peggyโs maid, whose faith in the new nation inspires her to intervene in her mistressโs affairs even when it could cost her everything, The Traitorโs Wife brings these infamous figures to life, illuminating the sordid details and the love triangle that nearly destroyed the American fight for freedom.
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