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The trial and execution of the traitor George Washington : a novel, Charles Rosenberg
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- Summary
- "British special agent Jeremiah Black, an officer of the King's Guard, lands on a lonely beach in the wee hours of the morning in late November 1780. The revolution is in full swing but has become deadlocked. Black is here to change all that. His mission, aided by Loyalists, is to kidnap George Washington and spirit him back to London aboard the HMS Peregrine, a British sloop of war that is waiting closely offshore. Once he lands, though, the "aid by Loyalists" proves problematic because some would prefer just to kill the general outright. Black manages--just--to get Washington aboard the Peregrine, which sails away. Upon their arrival in London, Washington is imprisoned in the Tower to await trial on charges of high treason. England's most famous barristers seek to represent him but he insists on using an American. He chooses Abraham Hobhouse, an American-born barrister with an English wife--a man who doesn't really need the work and thinks the "career-building" case will be easily resolved through a settlement of the revolution and Washington's release. But as greater political and military forces swirl around them and peace seems ever more distant, Hobhouse finds that he is the only thing keeping Washington from the hangman's noose. Drawing inspiration from a rumored kidnapping plot hatched in 1776 by a member of Washington's own Commander-in-Chief Guard, Charles Rosenberg has written a compelling novel that envisions what would take place if the leader of America's fledgling rebellion were taken from the nation at the height of the war, imperiling any chance of victory."--Amazon
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The trial and execution of the traitor George Washington : a novel
- Title
- The trial and execution of the traitor George Washington
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Charles Rosenberg
- Title variation
- Trial & execution of the traitor George Washington
- Subject
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- trueAmerican Revolution, 1775-1783
- trueEngland -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
- Historical fiction
- trueKidnapping victims
- trueLawyers
- Legal fiction (Literature)
- London (England) -- Fiction
- trueLoyalty
- truePolitical intrigue
- trueRevolutionaries
- trueTraitors
- Treason -- Fiction
- trueTrials (Treason)
- Trials -- Fiction
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Fiction
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "British special agent Jeremiah Black, an officer of the King's Guard, lands on a lonely beach in the wee hours of the morning in late November 1780. The revolution is in full swing but has become deadlocked. Black is here to change all that. His mission, aided by Loyalists, is to kidnap George Washington and spirit him back to London aboard the HMS Peregrine, a British sloop of war that is waiting closely offshore. Once he lands, though, the "aid by Loyalists" proves problematic because some would prefer just to kill the general outright. Black manages--just--to get Washington aboard the Peregrine, which sails away. Upon their arrival in London, Washington is imprisoned in the Tower to await trial on charges of high treason. England's most famous barristers seek to represent him but he insists on using an American. He chooses Abraham Hobhouse, an American-born barrister with an English wife--a man who doesn't really need the work and thinks the "career-building" case will be easily resolved through a settlement of the revolution and Washington's release. But as greater political and military forces swirl around them and peace seems ever more distant, Hobhouse finds that he is the only thing keeping Washington from the hangman's noose. Drawing inspiration from a rumored kidnapping plot hatched in 1776 by a member of Washington's own Commander-in-Chief Guard, Charles Rosenberg has written a compelling novel that envisions what would take place if the leader of America's fledgling rebellion were taken from the nation at the height of the war, imperiling any chance of victory."--Amazon
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- 10677088
- Cataloging source
- HQD
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- Rosenberg, Charles
- Dewey number
- 813.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3618.O831654
- LC item number
- T75 2018
- Literary form
- fiction
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- True
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- Washington, George
- Treason
- Trials
- London (England)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The trial and execution of the traitor George Washington : a novel, Charles Rosenberg
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 421 pages
- Isbn
- 9781335200327
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- on1038463960
- (OCoLC)1038463960
- Label
- The trial and execution of the traitor George Washington : a novel, Charles Rosenberg
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 421 pages
- Isbn
- 9781335200327
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- on1038463960
- (OCoLC)1038463960
Subject
- trueAmerican Revolution, 1775-1783
- trueEngland -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
- Historical fiction
- trueKidnapping victims
- trueLawyers
- Legal fiction (Literature)
- London (England) -- Fiction
- trueLoyalty
- truePolitical intrigue
- trueRevolutionaries
- trueTraitors
- Treason -- Fiction
- trueTrials (Treason)
- Trials -- Fiction
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Fiction
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
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