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The Traitor's Wife

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How clean is this book? I'm 14 and this looks like a really interesting read but I want to know how clean it is. Can someone please help?
Barbara Mahoney I just finished it and would recommend it to a 14 year old (I'm a Mom). I don't know if you are a male or female, I do think it might be more interest…moreI just finished it and would recommend it to a 14 year old (I'm a Mom). I don't know if you are a male or female, I do think it might be more interesting to a teenage girl than boy. It's written from the perspective of Clara, Peggy Arnold's maid. It's from a woman's point of view. Reading about the Revolutionary War from the point of view of a woman was interesting - it's not a viewpoint you often hear.

Peggy prior to being married to Benedict Arnold was quite a flirt and her behavior was considered bold for her time period. However, it would be considered rather tame today - just flirting. There wasn't any bad language in the book that I recall. (less)
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Is it true to what actually happened?
Debra I would say it is 97% fiction, 3% facts. Benedict Arnold and his wife did conspire to commit treason with John Andre. She was beautiful, according to…more I would say it is 97% fiction, 3% facts. Benedict Arnold and his wife did conspire to commit treason with John Andre. She was beautiful, according to historians. There were a few more facts but that's about all for the truth. Read "Valiant Ambition" for a factual story of Benedict Arnold. It is a pretty easy non-fiction read.(less)
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Lynn Butler Yes. For years historians thought she'd been duped by Arnold as well based on the first-hand accounts of her behavior from Washington and the others w…moreYes. For years historians thought she'd been duped by Arnold as well based on the first-hand accounts of her behavior from Washington and the others who were there that morning. Scholarship based on more recent primary source material has led some to believe that she may have actually instigated the treason. If this is true, she had a willing participant in Arnold who, because of his anger and irritation at the way he felt he'd been treated, was primed and ready to be convinced by Peggy. At the very least, she was complicit. At the very most, she was the cause.(less)
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Could servants such as grooms, scullery maids and housekeepers read and write with prose proficiency as the characters in this story do at this time in history? I seriously doubt it.
TXGAL1 Perhaps that's a question better put to the author. This book is a Historic al Fiction, not Non-fiction offering.…morePerhaps that's a question better put to the author. This book is a Historic al Fiction, not Non-fiction offering.(less)
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