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Valiant Ambition - George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (Paperback)
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Valiant Ambition - George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (Paperback)
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Loot Price R460
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From the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the
Sea and Mayflower comes a surprising account of the middle years of
the American Revolution, and the tragic relationship between George
Washington and Benedict Arnold. "May be one of the greatest what-if
books of the age--a volume that turns one of America's best-known
narratives on its head."--Boston Globe "Clear and insightful, it
consolidates his reputation as one of America's foremost
practitioners of narrative nonfiction."--Wall Street Journal In
September 1776, the vulnerable Continental Army under an unsure
George Washington (who had never commanded a large force in battle)
evacuates New York after a devastating defeat by the British Army.
Three weeks later, near the Canadian border, one of his favorite
generals, Benedict Arnold, miraculously succeeds in postponing the
British naval advance down Lake Champlain that might have ended the
war. Four years later, as the book ends, Washington has vanquished
his demons and Arnold has fled to the enemy after a foiled attempt
to surrender the American fortress at West Point to the British.
After four years of war, America is forced to realize that the real
threat to its liberties might not come from without but from
within. Valiant Ambition is a complex, controversial, and dramatic
portrait of a people in crisis and the war that gave birth to a
nation. The focus is on loyalty and personal integrity, evoking a
Shakespearean tragedy that unfolds in the key relationship of
Washington and Arnold, who is an impulsive but sympathetic hero
whose misfortunes at the hands of self-serving politicians fatally
destroy his faith in the legitimacy of the rebellion. As a country
wary of tyrants suddenly must figure out how it should be led,
Washington's unmatched ability to rise above the petty politics of
his time enables him to win the war that really matters.
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