{"product_id":"9780143110194","title":"Valiant Ambition","description":"Author: Philbrick, Nathaniel\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143110194\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Group USA\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 18 May 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 448 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling historian comes a surprising account of the messy middle years of the Revolution and the tragic relationship of George Washington and Benedict Arnold.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the George Washington Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict  Arnold, f\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003erom the\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003eIn The Heart of the Sea,Mayflower,\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003eIn the Hurricane's Eye.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"May be one of the greatest what-if books of the age-a volume that turns one of America's best-known narratives on its head.\"\u003ci\u003e-Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Clear and insightful,  \u003ci\u003eValiant Ambition\u003c\/i\u003e  consolidates Philbrick's reputation as one of America's foremost practitioners of narrative nonfiction.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003eWall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn the second book of his acclaimed American Revolution series, Nathaniel Philbrick turns to the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold. In September 1776, the vulnerable Continental army under an unsure George Washington evacuated New York after a devastating defeat by the British army. Three weeks later, one of his favorite generals, Benedict Arnold, miraculously succeeded in postponing the British naval advance down Lake Champlain that might have lost the war. As this book ends, four years later Washington has vanquished his demons, and Arnold has fled to the enemy. America was forced at last to realize that the real threat to its liberties might not come from without but from withinComplex, controversial, and dramatic, \u003ci\u003eValiant Ambition \u003c\/i\u003eis a portrait of a people in crisis and the war that gave birth to a nation.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48303216427166,"sku":"UBD-9780143110194","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143110194.jpg?v=1789890001","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143110194","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}