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Washington's Spies : The Story of America's First Spy Ring by Alexander Rose (2015, CD MP3, Unabridged edition)
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Based on remarkable new research, acclaimed historian Alexander Rose brings to life the true story of the spy ring that helped America win the Revolutionary War. For the first time, Rose takes us beyond the battlefront and deep into the shadowy underworld of double agents and triple crosses, covert operations and code breaking, and unmasks the courageous, flawed men who inhabited this wilderness of mirrors--including the spymaster at the heart of it all. In the summer of 1778, with the war poised to turn in his favor, General George Washington desperately needed to know where the British would strike next. To that end, he unleashed his secret weapon: an unlikely ring of spies in New York charged with discovering the enemy's battle plans and military strategy. Washington's small band included a young Quaker torn between political principle and family loyalty, a swashbuckling sailor addicted to the perils of espionage, a hard-drinking barkeep, a Yale-educated cavalryman and friend of the doomed Nathan Hale, and a peaceful, sickly farmer who begged Washington to let him retire but who always came through in the end. Personally guiding these imperfect everyday heroes was Washington himself. In an era when officers were gentlemen, and gentlemen didn't spy, he possessed an extraordinary talent for deception--and proved an adept spymaster. The men he mentored were dubbed the Culper Ring. The British secret service tried to hunt them down, but they escaped by the closest of shaves thanks to their ciphers, dead drops, and invisible ink. Rose's thrilling narrative tells the unknown story of the Revolution--the murderous intelligence war, gunrunning and kidnapping, defectors and executioners--that has never appeared in the history books. But Washington's Spies is also a spirited, touching account of friendship and trust, fear and betrayal, amid the dark and silent world of the spy.Product Identifiers
PublisherBrilliance Publishing, Inc.
ISBN-101491583614
ISBN-139781491583616
eBay Product ID (ePID)202465476
Product Key Features
Book TitleWashington's Spies : the Story of America's First Spy Ring
TopicUnited States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Revolutionary, United States / General
Publication Year2015
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistory
AuthorAlexander Rose
FormatCD Mp3
Dimensions
Item Height0.5in
Item Length6.8in
Item Width5.2in
Item Weight2.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Number of Volumes1 Vol.
Dewey Decimal973.3/85
Edition DescriptionUnabridged Edition
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