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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
America’s most infamous act of treason . . . Everyone knows Benedict Arnold—the Revolutionary War
general who betrayed America and fled to the British—as
history’s most notorious turncoat. Many know Arnold’s
co-conspirator, Major John André, who was apprehended with
Arnold’s 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 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
André. 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 Peggy’s maid, whose faith in the new nation inspires her
to intervene in her mistress’s affairs even when it could
cost her everything, The Traitor’s 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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