An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson (Paperback) by Andro Linklater

from Angelic55blonde

Before I read An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Life of General James Wilkinson by Andro Linklater I did not know of General Wilkinson. I did not know he was a respected general in the Continental Army and at the same time, supporting the Spanish. I'm guessing many people have not heard of ...

from GoddardGuy

Andro Linklater has written an exhaustive study of a truly interesting and, given his position in America's early military history, remarkably obscure character. It becomes clear early on that Major General James Wilkinson's meteoric rise thru the ranks of America's Revolutionary War army, his ne...

from MatthewN

James Wilkinson was unknown to me before reading this book. After learning the various things he did while serving in very high places in the US military, I am surprised I had not heard of him prior to this book. Linklater paints a good picture of a man who betrayed his country for the same selfi...

from billiecat

Linklater's biography is fascinating in both its depiction of western North American politics in the early years of the United States, and the growing sense of nationhood among settlers west of the Appalachians and east of the Mississippi. After the Revolutionary War but prior to the Louisiana pu...

from sgtbigg

If you have never heard of James Wilkinson, and you probably have not, I recommend you read An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Life of General James Wilkinson by Andro Linklater. He is probably the most interesting figure from the revolutionary era that no one has ever heard of. James Wilkin...