Longing for reward and recognition, American Major General Benedict Arnold turns traitor as he plots with British Major John André to help the British win the Revolutionary War.

"John André was head of the British Army's Secret Service in North America as the Revolutionary War entered its most bitter and, ultimately, decisive phase. In 1780, he masterminded the defection of a high-ranking American officer, General Benedict Arnold. Arnold, his name for ever synonymous with treason in American folklore, had recently been appointed commander of West Point and agreed, through André, to turn over to the British this strategically...

A biography of the British officer who was hanged for treason by colonists for alleged espionage during the Revolution.