Defiant Brides : The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married (Paperback)

from sallylou61

I found this book to be disappointing reading. The women covered are Margaret Shippen Arnold -- wife of the traitor Benedict Arnold -- and Lucy Flucker Knox -- wife of Secretary of War Henry Knox. Although the women were portrayed, much of the story concerned their husbands, including military ca...

from sallylou61

I found this book to be disappointing reading. The women covered are Margaret Shippen Arnold -- wife of the traitor Benedict Arnold -- and Lucy Flucker Knox -- wife of Secretary of War Henry Knox. Although the women were portrayed, much of the story concerned their husbands, including military ca...

from seeword

This is a very engaging piecing together of the lives of two women who are little known in United States history. Though they never met, the two led parallel lives during the American Revolution and the years that followed. Because of his infamous treason, Peggy Shippen Arnold's husband Benedict ...

from seeword

This is a very engaging piecing together of the lives of two women who are little known in United States history. Though they never met, the two led parallel lives during the American Revolution and the years that followed. Because of his infamous treason, Peggy Shippen Arnold's husband Benedict ...