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The Late Years of Benedict Arnold - Fugitive, Smuggler, Mercenary, 1780-1801 (Paperback)
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The Late Years of Benedict Arnold - Fugitive, Smuggler, Mercenary, 1780-1801 (Paperback)
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The life of Benedict Arnold, the American Revolutionary War general
who attempted to surrender West Point to the British in 1780,
didn't end after he betrayed his American compatriots. In the newly
formed United States, he was condemned as a conspirator and in
Britain, he was suspected of the same. He quickly left America,
spent a short time in London, and largely operated in Canada and
the Caribbean as a smuggler, a mercenary and a pariah. Although
much has been written about Arnold's famous fall from grace, this
book is the story of a charismatic man of vaulting ambition. With
new research and photographs, it delves into his last twenty years.
Arnold remains fascinating as a toppled hero and a flagrant
traitor. Another American general wrote in the 1780s that Arnold
"never does anything by halves"; indeed, he lived on a big scale.
This study documents each of the various points of the globe where
the restless Arnold operated and lived, pursuing wealth, status,
and redemption.
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