LENGYEL : I, Benedict Arnold (fülszöveg)
Was Benedict Arnold America's first traitor, an unconscionable scoundrel, or was he driven by adverse circumstances into the arms of the enemy? To his commander, George Washington, and to many of his countrymen, he was a superman of courage, the real hero of Saratoga. To his beautiful wife, Peggy Shippen, he was the strong man who would sweep her along with him to the heights. To himself, Arnold was a man destined to soar above his fellow men, whose credo was "survival is the law of nature."
This is the story of Arnold's treason, from the time of his appointment by General Washington to the military governorship of Philadelphia in 1778, through his delivery into the hands of the British agent, Major André, of the plans for the West Point fortifications, to his lonely death in England in 1801.
Cornel Lengyel has penetrated deeply into the complex character of Benedict Arnold and into the events and conflicts which drove the general to believe that his act of treason was justified. Arnold's way was clear to him – to end the awful bloodshed of a losing battle and to deliver the country from the power of a Congress of "little men."
I, BENEDICT ARNOLD offers a fresh interpretation of Arnold's role in the Revolution and provides a fascinating picture of the men and women present at the birth of a nation: Washington, Hamilton, Burr, Lafayette, Burgoyne, Cornwallis, André, Peggy Shippen, Joseph Reed, Sir Henry Clinton. Here are the players in the drama of a man bedeviled by ambition, pride, courage, and greed – whose name is "traitor."
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