Kate's Reviews > Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married

Compares the wife of Benedict Arnold (Peggy Shippen) and Henry Knox (Lucy) as a way of exploring loyalties and personalities during the American Revolution, and in its aftermath. Benedict Arnold famously moved from the Revolution back to the British side, some say encouraged and abetted by his 18 year old bride. Lucy was stalwart in support of the Revolution, but was personally an odd mixture of public joy and private nagging.

While interesting, it is a little flat - in some ways these two women don't make for an interesting comparison.

Notes for self. Wouldn't recommend, but enjoyed.