Allison Blogs for Little Miss Drama Queen: Character Portrait of Peggy Shippen Arnold

January 23, 2014

Peggy Shippen Arnold seems to have possessed all of the elements to make her a wildly intriguing character in our nation’s history – wealth, intelligence, beauty, powerful friends and admirers – and yet, so few people know she existed.

In describing Peggy Shippen Arnold, George Washington famously said that half of his men were “in love” with her. So, who exactly was this conspirator, this eponymous character of The Traitor’s Wife? And how is it that Peggy’s charm was so celebrated, while her cunning remained a secret?

(Read the full article here on Little Miss Drama Queen…)

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Allison Pataki

Allison Pataki is a New York Times Bestselling author with a passion for telling the stories of leading ladies lost in history. Her debut novel, The Traitor’s Wife, came out in 2014 and her second novel, The Accidental Empress, came out in February 2015. Allison’s third New York Times Bestseller, Sisi: Empress on Her Own, hit shelves March 2016. In 2017 her fourth historical novel, Where the Light Falls, was published. Beauty in the Broken Places was released in 2019, a Memoir of Love, Faith, and Resilience. In May 2019 she published her first children’s book, Nelly Takes New York. Her fifth historical novel, The Queens Fortune, released February 2020 and her second children’s book, Poppy Takes Paris released May of 2020. Her instant bestseller The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post came out in early 2022. Her next historical fiction novel, Finding Margaret Fuller, hit the shelves March of 2024.

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