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May 20, 2016 · VALIANT AMBITION. George Washington, Benedict Arnold and the Fate of the American Revolution. By Nathaniel Philbrick. Illustrated. 427 pp. Viking. $30. Cue the villain. Benedict Arnold takes ...
May 10, 2016 · He pushes aside the patriotic myth to unveil the war’s messy reality—and it’s still a rousing adventure.” —BookPage “As another American summer crawls toward the Fourth of July, and with a presidential election creeping up like Freddy on Elm Street, Nathaniel Philbrick offers some beach reading to remind us that outsized egos and a ...
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May 10, 2016 · Nathaniel Philbrick’s latest book, A Valiant Ambition is a masterstroke of insight into two of the most important men of the American Revolution: Benedict Arnold and his Excellency, George Washington. To me, Arnold is one of the most interesting characters in American history.
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No less a whale of a tale, Valiant Ambition colorfully reconstructs the character-driven battles that defined the Revolutionary War. —USA Today (***½ out of four stars) “Nathaniel Philbrick knows how to tell a good tale. In Valiant Ambition, he tells not one but three of them… Philbrick’s reading of these two men is nuanced and ...
“Clear and insightful, [Valiant Ambition] consolidates Philbrick’s reputation as one of America’s foremost practitioners of narrative nonfiction.”—Wall Street Journal In the second book of his acclaimed American Revolution series, Nathaniel Philbrick turns to the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold.
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Jun 28, 2022 · In Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution, historian Nathaniel Philbrick chronicles Arnold's turn to treason with striking compassion. By the time he switched sides, Arnold had sacrificed both his health and his wealth to the Patriot cause yet was repeatedly victimized by the petty ...
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