Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Notice
  3. Dedication
  4. Note to the Reader
  5. Epigraph
  6. Part I: The Encounter
  7. Chapter One: Guardian’s Wall
  8. Chapter Two: George’s Journal
  9. Chapter Three: Charming Miss Polly
  10. Chapter Four: Miracle at Monongahela
  11. Chapter Five: Gooch’s Kitchen
  12. Chapter Six: The Hero Washington
  13. Chapter Seven: The Pleasure Ball
  14. Part II: The Courtship
  15. Chapter Eight: An Heiress’s Prayer
  16. Chapter Nine: The Interview
  17. Chapter Ten: A Morning’s Light
  18. Chapter Eleven: Poetry’s Intimacy
  19. Chapter Twelve: The Winner’s Cup
  20. Chapter Thirteen: A Hundred Eyes
  21. Chapter Fourteen: World in Miniature
  22. Chapter Fifteen: The Defiant One
  23. Chapter Sixteen: He Cannot Tell a Lie
  24. Chapter Seventeen: Bread and Butter Ball
  25. Chapter Eighteen: Cromwell’s Head
  26. Chapter Nineteen: A Soldier and a Lover
  27. Part III: The Deception
  28. Chapter Twenty: Friend or Fiend?
  29. Chapter Twenty-One: Andromeda
  30. Chapter Twenty-Two: The Invisible Enemy
  31. Chapter Twenty-Three: Lord Loudoun’s Banquet
  32. Chapter Twenty-Four: Doubtful Spring
  33. Chapter Twenty-Five: Genu
  34. Chapter Twenty-Six: State of Denial
  35. Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Games They Play
  36. Chapter Twenty-Eight: Melancholy Things
  37. Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Weakened State
  38. Chapter Thirty: A Night’s Ride
  39. Chapter Thirty-One: His Visit
  40. Chapter Thirty-Two: The Prophecy
  41. Chapter Thirty-Three: Awakening
  42. Part IV: The Reprisal
  43. Chapter Thirty-Four: Note to Self
  44. Chapter Thirty-Five: Hail to the Chief
  45. Chapter Thirty-Six: A Traitor Among Us
  46. Chapter Thirty-Seven: Cheval-de-frise
  47. Chapter Thirty-Eight: By Order of George Washington
  48. Chapter Thirty-Nine: Mary’s Mansion
  49. Chapter Forty: Burn It Down
  50. Chapter Forty-One: The Heart of Neutral Ground
  51. Chapter Forty-Two: Let Freedom Ring
  52. Acknowledgments
  53. Resources
  54. Further Reading
  55. About the Author
  56. Copyright