"The Late Years of Benedict Arnold: Fugitive, Smuggler," Topic

… Mercenary, 1780-1801

"The life of Benedict Arnold, the American Revolutionary War general who attempted to surrender West Point to the British in 1780, didn't end after he betrayed his American compatriots. In the newly formed United States of America, he was condemned as a conspirator and in Britain, he was suspected of the same. He quickly left America, spent a short time in London, and largely operated in Canada and the Caribbean, where he became a smuggler, a mercenary and a pariah. Although much has been written about Arnold's famous fall from grace, this book is the story of a charismatic man of vaulting ambition. With new research and photographs, it delves into his last twenty years. Arnold remains an object of fascination as a toppled hero and a flagrant traitor. Another American general wrote in the 1780s that Arnold "never does anything by halves." Indeed, he lived on a big scale. This study documents each of the various points of the globe where the restless Arnold operated and lived, pursuing wealth, status, and redemption."

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Looks like it could be pretty interesting. Doesn't seem to be available for pre-order yet.

Have to wait till June 28th ….

Happy you like it…

Armand

Could he be arrested if foul winds forced his ship to New York or Charleston?

Article 6 of the Treaty of Paris provided: "That there shall be no future Confiscations made nor any Prosecutions commenced against any Person or Persons for, or by Reason of the Part, which he or they may have taken in the present War, and that no Person shall on that Account suffer any future Loss or Damage, either in his Person, Liberty, or Property; and that those who may be in Confinement on such Charges at the Time of the Ratification of the Treaty in America shall be immediately set at Liberty, and the Prosecutions so commenced be discontinued."

That language would seem to preclude prosecuting or punishing Benedict Arnold once the war had ended. Whether the U.S. would have honored that provision had Arnold fallen into its hands is another matter.

Thanks!

Armand

"Arnold … pursuing wealth, status, and redemption."

Pursuing is one thing; attaining, another.