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George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
by Don Yaeger, Brian Kilmeade
Several things made me suspicious about the veracity of this book: it has an endorsement from Brad Metzger, whose own Washington book ("The First Conspiracy") was disappointing; it acknowledges that conversations are a fabrication for dramatic effect; and it repeats the tale of the hungover Hessians overrun at Trenton that another, more reliable book I read recently ("His Excellency George Washington" by Joseph Ellis) called a fable.
That said, it was better than I expected, although it did slow down at the end.
This is about the Culper Spy ring that Washington started during the war. It takes a long time to set up and doesn't really go too deep into the story. Before you know it, the ring disbands.
Washington then reconstitutes the ring as Benedict Arnold begins his subterfuge, so the last half is about him - and I've read a book that did that better, "Valiant Ambition" by Nathan Philbrick.
I think I'm going to have to find another book about the Culper Spies to get a better sense of what they did.
That said, it was better than I expected, although it did slow down at the end.
This is about the Culper Spy ring that Washington started during the war. It takes a long time to set up and doesn't really go too deep into the story. Before you know it, the ring disbands.
Washington then reconstitutes the ring as Benedict Arnold begins his subterfuge, so the last half is about him - and I've read a book that did that better, "Valiant Ambition" by Nathan Philbrick.
I think I'm going to have to find another book about the Culper Spies to get a better sense of what they did.