"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."--from cover, page [4].
- ISBN10 1476738602
- ISBN13 9781476738604
- Publish Date 11 February 2014
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 18 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 496
- Language English