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From the New York Times best-selling author of In The Center of the Sea and Mayflower comes a unexpected account of the center years of the American Trend and the tragic romance between George Washington and Benedict Arnold. In Sept 1776 the vulnerable Continental Military, under an doubtful George Washington (who got never commanded a huge force in battle), evacuates NY after a destructive beat by the United kingdom army. Three weeks later, near to the Canadian border, one of is own favorite generals, Benedict Arnold, miraculously succeeds in postponing the United kingdom naval move forward down Lake Champlain that might have finished the war. Four years later, as the e book ends, Washington has vanquished his demons, and Arnold has fled to the adversary after a foiled try to surrender the American fortress at West Point to the British. After four years of war, America is pressured to understand that the true danger to its liberties may not come from without but from within. Valiant Ambition is a intricate, controversial, and dramatic portrait of an people in crisis and the war that gave beginning to a region. The focus is on devotion and personal integrity, evoking a Shakespearean tragedy that unfolds in the key romance of Washington and Arnold, who is an impulsive but sympathetic hero whose misfortunes as a result of self-serving politicians fatally eliminate his trust in the legitimacy of the rebellion. Being a country cautious with tyrants instantly must work out how it should be led, Washington's unmatched ability to rise above the petty politics of his time allows him to gain the war that really matters.
