Bibliograph

The tragedy of Benedict Arnold, an American life, Joyce Lee Malcolm

Type

Label

The tragedy of Benedict Arnold, an American life, Joyce Lee Malcolm

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographic references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The tragedy of Benedict Arnold

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1005686008

Responsibility statement

Joyce Lee Malcolm

Sub title

an American life

Summary

Historian Joyce Lee Malcolm skillfully unravels the man behind the myth and gives us a portrait of the true Arnold and his world. There was his dramatic victory against the British at Saratoga in 1777 and his troubled childhood in a pre-revolutionary America beset with class tension and economic instability. We witness his brilliant wartime military exploits and learn of his contentious relationship with a newly formed and fractious Congress, fearful of powerful military leaders, like Arnold, who could threaten the nation's fragile democracy. Throughout, Malcolm weaves in portraits of Arnold's great allies--George Washington, General Schuyler, his beautiful and beloved wife Peggy Shippen, and others--as well as his unrelenting enemy John Adams, British General Clinton, and master spy John Andre. Thrilling and thought-provoking, The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold sheds new light on a man--as well on the nuanced and complicated time in which he lived

Target audience

adult

Classification