The life of John André : the Redcoat who turned Benedict Arnold

The life of John André : the Redcoat who turned Benedict Arnold / D.A.B. Ronald.

This biography of Britain's spy chief during the Revolutionary War sheds new light on his conspiracy with Benedict Arnold'and his mysterious capture. John Andre was head of the British Army's Secret Service in North America as the Revolutionary War entered its most decisive phase. In...

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Main Author: Ronald, D. A. B. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Casemate, [2019]
Subjects:
André, John, > 1751-1780.
Arnold, Benedict, > 1741-1801.
Arnold, Margaret Shippen, > 1760-1804.
André, John, > 1751-1780
Arnold, Benedict, > 1741-1801
Arnold, Margaret Shippen, > 1760-1804
1700-1799
Spies > United States > Biography.
Espionage, British > United States > History > 18th century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Espionage, British
Secret service
Spies
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Secret service.
New York (State) > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Secret service.
New York (State)
United States
Biographies
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Dates, Spelling, Language and Names and Titles; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Prologue: Philadelphia, Monday, 5 September 1774; PART I-'The Chicaneries of Bubble'; 1. Refugees; 2. 'A Heap of Rubble'; 3. 'The Three Mile Stone'; 4. 'Young Gentlemen'; 5. 'Claptonians'; 6. 'Change Alley; 7. 'The Great Scheme'; 8. 'Lame Ducks'; 9. Shakespeare's Jubilee; 10. 'A Gloomy Compting House'; PART II-'A Little of the Soldier in Him'; 11. 'House of Lords'; 12. 'The Drill Book'; 13. 'Petite Guerre'; 14. 'A Terrible Confl agration'
  • 15 'A Man of Nearly Womanlike Modesty and Gentleness'16 'Parting'; Plate section; PART III-A Subaltern at War; 17. 'America is in a Flame'; 18. 'Five Feet of Snow'; 19. 'Adverse Winds and Hard Frosts'; 20. 'No Political Correspondence'; 21. 'Th e Crooked Hill Tavern'; 22. 'No Firelock'; PART IV-At Secret War; 23. 'Th e Fair Quakers'; 24. 'Implicit Confi dence'; 25. 'Th ese Double Faces'; 26. 'Mutual Confi dence'; 27. Southern Interlude; PART V-'The Grand Stroke'; 28. 'False Friends'; 29. 'Armed Boats'; 30. 'A Personal Conference'; 31. 'My Great Mortifi cation'
  • 32. 'The Chance of Passing Undiscovered'33. 'I was Betrayed'; 34. 'It will be but a Momentary Pang'; Epilogue: 'Westminster Abbey'; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index; Back cover.

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