''Shadow Patriots'' is 2005
historical novel
Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other ty ...
by
Lucia St. Clair Robson
Lucia St. Clair Robson is an American historical novelist. She was married to science fiction novelist Brian Daley. She is a 1982 recipient of the Spur Award for Best Novel of the West.
Works
#'' Last Train from Cuernavaca'' - inspired by two v ...
. It tells of the
Culper Ring, a group of
George Washington
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's spies operating out of New York City during the Revolution. The story includes familiar names—Washington,
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first United States secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795.
Born out of wedlock in Charlest ...
,
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold ( Brandt (1994), p. 4June 14, 1801) was an American military officer who served during the Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of major general before defect ...
,
Peggy Shippen—and one unfamiliar number, the mysterious
Spy 355. 355 was the Culpers' code for "lady," and after 225 years she remains a nameless heroine who, many historians believe, died for her country.
The Culpers transported their intelligence from British-occupied Manhattan to Setauket, then across Long Island Sound to Washington's troops in Connecticut. The book covers more than secret codes, invisible ink, double agents, and aliases. An estimated 11,500 American soldiers died in British custody here. "The prison ship martyrs," as they're called, are part of this story, as well as intrigue in Philadelphia, the battles of
Brooklyn,
Monmouth
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, and
Stony Point, the betrayal of
West Point, and the hardships of the winter encampments at
Valley Forge and
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Places Canada
*Morristown, Nova Scotia (disambiguation)
United States
* Morristown, Arizona
*Morristown, Indiana
** Morristown station (Indiana)
*Morristown, Minnesota
** Morristown Township, Rice County, Minnesota
*Morris ...
.
2005 American novels
Novels set during the American Revolutionary War
Novels by Lucia St. Clair Robson
Forge Books books
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