Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring

Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring
Alexander Rose (Author)
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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.


From the Hardcover edition.

• Rank: #71856 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-01
• Released on: 2007-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.20" h x .84" w x 5.17" l, .69 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

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author alexander rose format trade paper isbn 10 0553383299 isbn 13 9780553383294 language english publication year 20070000 audience trade author alexander rose author for title alexander rose book industry reviews compelling publishers weekly after five years working on washington i knew there was a story to tell about his reliance on spies during the revolutionary war but i believed the story could never be told because the evidence did not exist well i was wrong and alexander rose tells this

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Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring

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payment | shipping rates | returns Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring Product Category :Books ISBN :0553804219 Title :Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring EAN :9780553804218 Authors :Rose, Alexander Binding :Hardcover Publisher :Bantam Publication Date :2006-04-25 Pages :384 Signed :False First Edition :False Dust Jacket :False List Price (MSRP) :26.00 Height :1.2000 inches Width :6.2000 inches Length :8.9000 inches Weight :1.4500 pounds Condition :Go