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The Trial and Execution of the Traitor George Washington
โ Scribed by Charles Rosenberg
- Publisher
- Hanover Square Press
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 207 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
"A clever and imaginative tale." --Steve Berry, New York Timesbestselling author
A thought-provoking novel that imagines what would have happened if the British had succeeded in kidnapping General George Washington.
British special agent Jeremiah Black, an officer of the King's Guard, lands on a lonely beach in the wee hours of the morning in late November 1780. The revolution is in full swing but has become deadlocked. Black is here to change all that.
His mission, aided by Loyalists, is to kidnap George Washington and spirit him back to London aboard the HMS Peregrine, a British sloop of war that is waiting closely offshore. Once he lands, though, the "aid by Loyalists" proves problematic because some would prefer just to kill the general outright. Black manages--just--to get Washington aboard the Peregrine, which sails away.
Upon their arrival in London, Washington is imprisoned in the Tower to...
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