What makes a man commit treason? What makes others defy all temptation to stay loyal to a hopeless cause?
Benedict Arnold was the greatest combat soldier of the American Revolution. The victor of the battle of Saratoga, he put his life on the line – with decisive effect– to make the dreams of our nation’s founders real.
Yet in the fall of 1780 he entered into a conspiracy with British spymaster John Andre and the Tory femme fatale Peggy Shippen to utterly destroy the American cause. At stake was not only the key patriot fortress of West Point, but the very lives of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Marquis de Lafayette. These men were Arnold’s closest comrades within the Continental service, yet he attempted to betray them to the royal gallows, and if not for the chance intervention of three of the humblest and unlikeliest heroes of American history, would almost certainly have succeeded in doing so.
The story of the Arnold conspiracy is history written for high drama. It recounts the most perilous moments in the stormy birth of our nation, and, as it plumbs the heights and depths of human nature, remains as relevant today as it was two centuries ago. Now, in this wonderful and historically accurate play, Benedict Arnold, noted scientist and author Robert Zubrin brings this incredible piece of history back to life.
Benedict Arnold was the greatest combat soldier of the American Revolution. The victor of the battle of Saratoga, he put his life on the line – with decisive effect– to make the dreams of our nation’s founders real.
Yet in the fall of 1780 he entered into a conspiracy with British spymaster John Andre and the Tory femme fatale Peggy Shippen to utterly destroy the American cause. At stake was not only the key patriot fortress of West Point, but the very lives of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Marquis de Lafayette. These men were Arnold’s closest comrades within the Continental service, yet he attempted to betray them to the royal gallows, and if not for the chance intervention of three of the humblest and unlikeliest heroes of American history, would almost certainly have succeeded in doing so.
The story of the Arnold conspiracy is history written for high drama. It recounts the most perilous moments in the stormy birth of our nation, and, as it plumbs the heights and depths of human nature, remains as relevant today as it was two centuries ago. Now, in this wonderful and historically accurate play, Benedict Arnold, noted scientist and author Robert Zubrin brings this incredible piece of history back to life.
