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The story of two Revolutionary–era teenagers who defy their Loyalist families to marry radical patriots, Henry Knox and Benedict Arnold, and are forever changed   Two wealthy teenagers defy their parents by marrying political radicals—the first wed Benedict Arnold, the second Henry Knox. Arnold’s wife was the blonde Philadelphia belle Peggy Shippen, who fell in love with the famous military hero who then governed the city. Knox’s wife was the stunning black-eyed brunette Lucy Flucker, whose Loyalist family never spoke to her again. Defiant Brides captures how passion and marriage changed the lives of both young women—one who assisted Arnold in his betrayal of America; the other, who faithfully followed General Knox through the army camps of the Revolution.   From the Hardcover edition.