Memoir of Col. Benjamin Tallmadge

Leesfragment
€6,99
  • The
  • Revolutionary
  • War
  • colonel—and
  • leader
  • of
  • the
  • famed
  • Culper
  • Spy
  • Ring—tells
  • his
  • story
  • in
  • this
  • fascinating
  • historical
  • autobiography.When
  • British
  • troops
  • defeated
  • the
  • Continental
  • Army
  • on
  • Long
  • Island,
  • General
  • George
  • Washington
  • was
  • forced
  • to
  • abandon
  • New
  • York
  • in
  • order
  • to
  • save
  • the
  • revolution.
  • The
  • British
  • established
  • their
  • headquarters
  • in
  • New
  • York
  • City—beginning
  • an
  • occupation
  • that
  • would
  • last
  • the
  • length
  • of
  • the
  • war.Priceless
  • intelligence
  • flowed
  • through
  • the
  • city’s
  • harbor,
  • and
  • Washington
  • wanted
  • to
  • claim
  • it
  • as
  • his
  • own.
  • To
  • Benjamin
  • Tallmadge,
  • a
  • young
  • officer
  • of
  • the
  • Continental
  • Army,
  • the
  • general
  • assigned
  • an
  • impossible
  • mission:
  • Infiltrate
  • New
  • York,
  • establish
  • a
  • spy
  • network,
  • and
  • report
  • everything
  • the
  • British
  • know.Throughout
  • the
  • war,
  • Tallmadge
  • and
  • his
  • spies
  • collected
  • intelligence
  • on
  • troop
  • movements,
  • sneak
  • attacks,
  • and
  • the
  • treachery
  • of
  • Benedict
  • Arnold.
  • Nearly
  • two
  • and
  • a
  • half
  • centuries
  • later,
  • the
  • heroic
  • exploits
  • of
  • the
  • Culper
  • Spy
  • Ring
  • have
  • served
  • as
  • the
  • inspiration
  • for
  • the
  • acclaimed
  • TV
  • series
  • Turn:
  • Washington’s
  • Spies
  • and
  • the
  • video
  • game
  • Assassin’s
  • Creed
  • III.
  • In
  • this
  • lively
  • and
  • engaging
  • memoir,
  • the
  • days
  • of
  • revolution
  • are
  • remembered
  • by
  • a
  • patriot
  • who
  • fought
  • in
  • the
  • shadows—and
  • helped
  • redefine
  • the
  • nature
  • of
  • espionage.This
  • ebook
  • has
  • been
  • professionally
  • proofread
  • to
  • ensure
  • accuracy
  • and
  • readability
  • on
  • all devices.
1 of 198
pro-mbooks3 : libris