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Treacherous beauty : Peggy Shippen, the woman behind Benedict Arnold's plot to betray America

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Author
Jacob, Mark.
Date of Publication
c2012.
Call Number
973.3 J15
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Responsibility
Mark Jacob and Stephen H. Case.
ISBN
9780762773886 (hbk.)
076277388X (hbk.)
Author
Jacob, Mark.
Place of Publication
Guilford, Conn
Publisher
Lyons Press,
Date of Publication
c2012.
Physical Description
viii, 279 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-270) and index.
Contents
Princess of Philadelphia -- No safe haven -- Enter André -- The Meschianza -- Arnold arrives -- Love and money -- The general's wife -- Spymaster -- The dance of deceit -- The way to West Point -- "The greatest treasure you have" -- Meeting after midnight -- A capture and an escape -- The mad scene -- Pariah of Philadelphia -- The three fates -- "The handsomest woman in England" -- Strangers in America -- Unmanned -- The keepsake -- Epilogue.
Subjects
Arnold, Margaret Shippen, - 1760-1804.
Arnold, Benedict, - 1741-1801.
American loyalists - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Additional Author
Case, Stephen H.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 J15
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