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The story of Major John Andre is one of the most dramatic and tragic in America's War of Independence. An adjutant on the Staff of Britain's General William Howe in Philadelphia, Major Andre was an unsuccessful suitor for the hand of Peggy Shippen, daughter of a prominent Philadelphia Loyalist. He kept in touch with the Shippen's after Peggy married Benedict Arnold, one of the most successful American Generals, who had become embittered after enemies on his own side falsely accused him of embezzlement. Under Peggy's influence, Arnold decided to switch sides and hand West Point Fort over to...