Alexander Rose earned his doctorate from Cambridge University, where his prizewinning research focused on political and scientific history. He is the author of Kings in the North: The House of Percy in British History and American Rifle: A Biography, and his writing has appeared in The New York Observer, The Washington Post, and many other publications.
“Alexander Rose tells this important story with style and
wit.”—Pulitzer Prize–winning author Joseph J. Ellis
“Fascinating . . . Spies proved to be the tipping point in the
summer of 1778, helping Washington begin breaking the stalemate
with the British. . . . [Alexander] Rose’s book brings to light
their crucial help in winning American independence.”—Chicago
Tribune
“[Rose] captures the human dimension of spying, war and leadership
. . . from the naive twenty-one-year-old Nathan Hale, who was
captured and executed, to the quietly cunning Benjamin Tallmadge,
who organized the ring in 1778, to the traitorous Benedict
Arnold.”—The Wall Street Journal
“Rose gives us intrigue, crossed signals, derring-do, and a
priceless slice of eighteenth-century life. Think of Alan Furst
with muskets.”—Richard Brookhiser, author of Founding Father
“A compelling portrait of [a] rogues’ gallery of barkeeps, misfits,
hypochondriacs, part-time smugglers, and full-time neurotics that
will remind every reader of the cast of a John le Carré
novel.”—Arthur Herman, National Review
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