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NEW YORK TIMESĀ BESTSELLER ā¢Ā Turn: Washingtonās Spies, now an original series on AMC
Based on remarkable new research, acclaimed historian Alexander Rose brings to life the true story of the spy ring that helped America win the Revolutionary War. For the first time, Rose takes us beyond the battlefrontā¦
Why read it?
1 author picked Washington's Spies as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love a good spy story, and there are lots of them in this bookāall focused on the cabal of spies in British-occupied New York that delivered intelligence to Washington. Here are Hercules Mulligan, the tailor; James Rivington, the printer; the ill-fated Nathan Hale; and a bounty of others.
But my favorite is John Champe, a sergeant-major from Virginia who is recruited for a mission to capture Benedict Arnold and deliver him to the Continental Army for trial (and the inevitable gallows). Rose reveals the intrigue and deception of Revolutionary New York, into which Arnold fled after his treason, andā¦
From Brian's list on life and treason of Benedict Arnold.
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