The astonishing (almost) true story of how the British defeated the American revolutionaries thanks to Peggy Shippen, the most beautiful woman in the 13 colonies, and the rebels’ leading commander Benedict Arnold.

‘Victory in America’ explains why General Arnold grew disenchanted by the revolutionaries’ murderous campaign to oust King George III in favour of their own – far more powerful – elected Monarch.

It reveals the incompetence of the Continental Congress, the timidity of its commander, the traitor George Washington, the fanaticism of its religious fundamentalists and the collapse of its military morale.

It exposes the hypocrisy of lawyers and slave-owners who claimed all men were equal but fought for the right to keep slaves, carry guns, massacre native Americans and ban Roman Catholics.

It sets right two and a half centuries of vilification directed at true British patriot, 18-year-old Peggy Shippen – the most beautiful woman in America – and her strong, courageous husband who, against the odds, steered the British to victory.