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Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married Audiobook, by Nancy Rubin Stuart Play Audiobook Sample

Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married Audiobook

Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married Audiobook, by Nancy Rubin Stuart Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Ann M. Richardson Publisher: Beacon Press Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.50 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: April 2022 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780807007211

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

18

Longest Chapter Length:

49:24 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

22 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

30:08 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

The story of two Revolutionary–era teenagers who defy their Loyalist families to marry radical patriots, Henry Knox and Benedict Arnold, and are forever changed   When Peggy Shippen, the celebrated blonde belle of Philadelphia, married American military hero Benedict Arnold in 1779, she anticipated a life of fame and fortune, but financial debts and political intrigues prompted her to conspire with her treasonous husband against George Washington and the American Revolution. In spite of her commendable efforts to rehabilitate her husband’s name, Peggy Shippen continues to be remembered as a traitor bride. Peggy’s patriotic counterpart was Lucy Flucker, the spirited and voluptuous brunette, who in 1774 defied her wealthy Tory parents by marrying a poor Boston bookbinder simply for love. When her husband, Henry Knox, later became a famous general in the American Revolutionary War, Lucy faithfully followed him through Washington’s army camps where she birthed and lost babies, befriended Martha Washington, was praised for her social skills, and secured her legacy as an admired patriot wife. And yet, as esteemed biographer Nancy Rubin Stuart reveals, a closer look at the lives of both spirited women reveals that neither was simply a “traitor” or “patriot.” In Defiant Brides, the first dual biography of both Peggy Shippen Arnold and Lucy Flucker Knox, Stuart has crafted a rich portrait of two rebellious women who defied expectations and struggled—publicly and privately—in a volatile political moment in early America. Drawing from never-before-published correspondence, Stuart traces the evolution of these women from passionate teenage brides to mature matrons, bringing both women from the sidelines of history to its vital center. Readers will be enthralled by Stuart’s dramatic account of the epic lives of these defiant brides, which begin with romance, are complicated by politics, and involve spies, disappointments, heroic deeds, tragedies, and personal triumphs.

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About Ann M. Richardson

Ann Richardson is an Earphones-winning narrator who studied broadcast journalism and Spanish at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Years later, the desire to take up a creative yet productive career lead her to narrating audiobooks, and founding Great Plains Audiobooks, an audiobook publishing company focusing on bringing Midwestern literature to audio.