The Traitor's Wife: A Novel [Kindle Edition] Author: Allison Pataki | Language: English | ISBN:
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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. Download latest books on mediafire and other links compilation Download Epub The Traitor's Wife: A Novel [Kindle Edition]
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- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1476738602
- Publisher: Howard Books (February 11, 2014)
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- Language: English
- ASIN: B00DPM7UJY
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The Traitor’s Wife by Allison Pataki is an entrancing historical novel soaked in romance, lust, conspiracy, and loyalty bringing both its perfidious and faithful characters to life in ways only a debutant of Allison’s creativity and caliber could manage. It is also a story of one’s heart staying true to the bigger picture of life, nullifying the immediate in the ultimate pursuit of the greater good, and readers will have a difficult time putting the book on the shelf.
The novel is based on the life of General Benedict Arnold, who was a merchant when the American Revolutionary War broke out in 1775. He joined the army and distinguished himself. He was involved in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775, the Battle of Valcour Island in 1776, the Battle of Ridgefield, and the Battles of Saratoga in 1777. He was charged with corruption and other cases, but when Congress investigated it was found that he was spending much of his own money on the war effort. Exasperated and bitter, Arnold changed sides. His plot was exposed when British Major John André was captured carrying papers that exposed the strategy. Learning of André's capture, Arnold fled down the Hudson River to the British warship, HMS Vulture.
But the story is more about his scheming and manipulative wife, Margaret “Peggy” Shippen Arnold, told through the eyes of a fictional maid Clara Bell. Described as a fine-featured woman, her hair piled high atop her head, always wearing a quizzical smile on her face, Peggy was a devoted wife, loving mother, a popular socialite who influenced Benedict Arnold to turn against the cause for which he fought with courage and bravery. The book covers a period of over two years from May 1778 to September 1780 during the American Revolutionary War.
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