The Life of John André: The Redcoat Who Turned Benedict Arnold [Illustrated] 9781612005218, 1612005217

A new biography of John André, head of British secret services in the Revolutionary War, who was captured in 1780 and ha

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The Life of John André: The Redcoat Who Turned Benedict Arnold [Illustrated]
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Introduction -- The price of honor -- Great expectations -- Descent -- The fortunes of war -- Taking charge -- Smooth an

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Why did the once-ardent hero of the American Revolutionary cause become its most dishonored traitor? General Benedict

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The life of the saint who founded the Benedictine order, written by a later saint and Pope. The translation is by an ano

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General, soldier, businessman, traitor: these are all words associated with the name Benedict Arnold. One of America

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Of American and German parentage, Ernst Hanfstaengl graduated from Harvard and ran the family business in New York for a

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When Stoner was published in 1965, the novel sold only a couple of thousand copies before disappearing with hardly a tra

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In late 1775, a few months a�fter the first shots of the Revolution were fired, Benedict Arnold led more than one thousa

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