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1 online resource |
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Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Dates, Spelling, Language and Names and Titles; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Prologue: Philadelphia, Monday, 5 September 1774; PART I-'The Chicaneries of Bubble'; 1. Refugees; 2. 'A Heap of Rubble'; 3. 'The Three Mile Stone'; 4. 'Young Gentlemen'; 5. 'Claptonians'; 6. 'Change Alley; 7. 'The Great Scheme'; 8. 'Lame Ducks'; 9. Shakespeare's Jubilee; 10. 'A Gloomy Compting House'; PART II-'A Little of the Soldier in Him'; 11. 'House of Lords'; 12. 'The Drill Book'; 13. 'Petite Guerre'; 14. 'A Terrible Confl agration' |
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15 'A Man of Nearly Womanlike Modesty and Gentleness'16 'Parting'; Plate section; PART III-A Subaltern at War; 17. 'America is in a Flame'; 18. 'Five Feet of Snow'; 19. 'Adverse Winds and Hard Frosts'; 20. 'No Political Correspondence'; 21. 'Th e Crooked Hill Tavern'; 22. 'No Firelock'; PART IV-At Secret War; 23. 'Th e Fair Quakers'; 24. 'Implicit Confi dence'; 25. 'Th ese Double Faces'; 26. 'Mutual Confi dence'; 27. Southern Interlude; PART V-'The Grand Stroke'; 28. 'False Friends'; 29. 'Armed Boats'; 30. 'A Personal Conference'; 31. 'My Great Mortifi cation' |
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32. 'The Chance of Passing Undiscovered'33. 'I was Betrayed'; 34. 'It will be but a Momentary Pang'; Epilogue: 'Westminster Abbey'; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index; Back cover |
| Summary |
This biography of Britain's spy chief during the Revolutionary War sheds new light on his conspiracy with Benedict Arnold'and his mysterious capture. John Andre was head of the British Army's Secret Service in North America as the Revolutionary War entered its most decisive phase. In 1780, he masterminded the defection of the high-ranking American general Benedict Arnold. As the commander of West Point, Arnold agreed to turn the strategically vital fort over to the British. Andre and Arnold also conspired to kidnap George Washington. The secret negotiations between Arnold and Andre were protracted and fraught with danger. Arnold's wife Peggy acted as go-between until September 21st, 1780, when the two men met face to face in no-man's-land. But then Andre was captured forty-eight hours later, having broken every condition set by his commanding officer: he was within American lines, wearing civilian clothes, and carrying maps of West Point in his boots. When he announced himself as a spy, the Americans had no recourse. Tried by a military tribunal, he was convicted and hanged. Andre's motives for his apparent sacrifice have baffled historians for generations. This biography provides a provocative answer to this mystery'explaining not only why he acted as he did, but how he wished others to see his actions |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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André, John, 1751-1780.
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Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801.
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Arnold, Margaret Shippen, 1760-1804.
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André, John, 1751-1780 fast |
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Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 fast |
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Arnold, Margaret Shippen, 1760-1804 fast |
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Spies -- United States -- Biography
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Espionage, British -- United States -- History -- 18th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Espionage, British
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Secret service
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Spies
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Secret service.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140179
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New York (State) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Secret service
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New York (State)
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United States
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Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781612005225 |
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1612005225 |
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