Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Note to the Reader
Epigraph
Part I:
The Encounter
Chapter One:
Guardian’s Wall
Chapter Two:
George’s Journal
Chapter Three:
Charming Miss Polly
Chapter Four:
Miracle at Monongahela
Chapter Five:
Gooch’s Kitchen
Chapter Six:
The Hero Washington
Chapter Seven:
The Pleasure Ball
Part II: The Courtship
Chapter Eight:
An Heiress’s Prayer
Chapter Nine:
The Interview
Chapter Ten:
A Morning’s Light
Chapter Eleven:
Poetry’s Intimacy
Chapter Twelve:
The Winner’s Cup
Chapter Thirteen:
A Hundred Eyes
Chapter Fourteen:
World in Miniature
Chapter Fifteen:
The Defiant One
Chapter Sixteen:
He Cannot Tell a Lie
Chapter Seventeen:
Bread and Butter Ball
Chapter Eighteen:
Cromwell’s Head
Chapter Nineteen:
A Soldier and a Lover
Part III:
The Deception
Chapter Twenty:
Friend or Fiend?
Chapter Twenty-One:
Andromeda
Chapter Twenty-Two:
The Invisible Enemy
Chapter Twenty-Three:
Lord Loudoun’s Banquet
Chapter Twenty-Four:
Doubtful Spring
Chapter Twenty-Five:
Genu
Chapter Twenty-Six:
State of Denial
Chapter Twenty-Seven:
The Games They Play
Chapter Twenty-Eight:
Melancholy Things
Chapter Twenty-Nine:
A Weakened State
Chapter Thirty:
A Night’s Ride
Chapter Thirty-One:
His Visit
Chapter Thirty-Two:
The Prophecy
Chapter Thirty-Three:
Awakening
Part IV: The Reprisal
Chapter Thirty-Four:
Note to Self
Chapter Thirty-Five:
Hail to the Chief
Chapter Thirty-Six:
A Traitor Among Us
Chapter Thirty-Seven:
Cheval-de-frise
Chapter Thirty-Eight:
By Order of George Washington
Chapter Thirty-Nine:
Mary’s Mansion
Chapter Forty:
Burn It Down
Chapter Forty-One:
The Heart of Neutral Ground
Chapter Forty-Two:
Let Freedom Ring
Acknowledgments
Resources
Further Reading
About the Author
Copyright