Nathaniel Philbrick | Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution
“Popular history at its best: a taut narrative with a novelist's touch, grounded in careful research” (Miami Herald), Nathaniel Philbrick’s works include the National Book Award-winning In The Heart of the Sea and Boston Globe Horn Book Award recipient Revenge of the Whale, which both recount the mythically tragic 19th-century sinking that inspired Melville's Moby Dick. His many other books include Mayflower, a Pulitzer Prize finalist; The Last Stand, a chronicle of the iconic clash at Little Bighorn in 1876; and Bunker Hill, a fresh take on the first major battle of the American war for independence. In Valiant Ambition, Philbrick returns to the American Revolution, evincing a surprising and complex account of the tragic relationship between the greatest war hero and villain of the young United States.
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