{"product_id":"9780553392593","title":"Washington's Spies","description":"By: Alexander Rose     \u003chr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • \u003ci\u003eTurn: Washington’s Spies, \u003c\/i\u003enow an original series on AMC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Based on remarkable new research, acclaimed historian Alexander Rose brings to life  the true story of the spy ring that helped America win the Revolutionary War. For  the first time, Rose takes us beyond the battlefront and deep into the shadowy underworld  of double agents and triple crosses, covert operations and code breaking, and unmasks  the courageous, flawed men who inhabited this wilderness of mirrors—including the  spymaster at the heart of it all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the summer of 1778, with the war poised to  turn in his favor, General George Washington desperately needed to know where the  British would strike next. To that end, he unleashed his secret weapon: an unlikely  ring of spies in New York charged with discovering the enemy’s battle plans and military  strategy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Washington’s small band included a young Quaker torn between political  principle and family loyalty, a swashbuckling sailor addicted to the perils of espionage,  a hard-drinking barkeep, a Yale-educated cavalryman and friend of the doomed Nathan  Hale, and a peaceful, sickly farmer who begged Washington to let him retire but who  always came through in the end. Personally guiding these imperfect everyday heroes  was Washington himself. In an era when officers were gentlemen, and gentlemen didn’ t spy, he possessed an extraordinary talent for deception—and proved an adept spymaster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The men he mentored were dubbed the Culper Ring. The British secret service tried  to hunt them down, but they escaped by the closest of shaves thanks to their ciphers,  dead drops, and invisible ink. Rose’s thrilling narrative tells the unknown story  of the Revolution–the murderous intelligence war, gunrunning and kidnapping, defectors  and executioners—that has never appeared in the history books. But Washington’s Spies  is also a spirited, touching account of friendship and trust, fear and betrayal,  amid the dark and silent world of the spy.","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback (9780553392593)","offer_id":46374121504995,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9780553392593","price":115.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback (9780553383294)","offer_id":46409452421347,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9780553383294","price":144.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780553392593.jpg?v=1747522744","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh-mo\/products\/9780553392593","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}