The Traitor's Wife: A Novel

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Synopsis

A riveting historical novel about Peggy Shippen Arnold, the cunning wife of Benedict Arnold and mastermind behind America’s most infamous act of treason...

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.

Chapters

  • TheTraitorsWife 01 Open

    Duration: 33s
  • TheTraitorsWife 02 Prologue

    Duration: 08min
  • TheTraitorsWife 03 Ch1a

    Duration: 57min
  • TheTraitorsWife 04 Ch1b

    Duration: 46min
  • TheTraitorsWife 05 Ch1c

    Duration: 43min
  • TheTraitorsWife 06 Two

    Duration: 02min
  • TheTraitorsWife 07 Ch2a

    Duration: 46min
  • TheTraitorsWife 08 Ch2b

    Duration: 49min
  • TheTraitorsWife 09 Three

    Duration: 02min
  • TheTraitorsWife 10 Ch3

    Duration: 01h04min
  • TheTraitorsWife 11 Four

    Duration: 03min
  • TheTraitorsWife 12 Ch4

    Duration: 01h07min
  • TheTraitorsWife 13 Five

    Duration: 07min
  • TheTraitorsWife 14 Ch5a

    Duration: 46min
  • TheTraitorsWife 15 Ch5b

    Duration: 45min
  • TheTraitorsWife 16 Six

    Duration: 01min
  • TheTraitorsWife 17 Ch6a

    Duration: 48min
  • TheTraitorsWife 18 Ch6b

    Duration: 51min
  • TheTraitorsWife 19 Ch6c

    Duration: 52min
  • TheTraitorsWife 20 Seven

    Duration: 02min
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