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America's Infamous Traitor, Benedict Arnold

We're looking at the life and legacy of one of the American Revolution's greatest villains, Bened...

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20.00 1 Feb 2026


America's Infamous Traitor, Benedict Arnold



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20.00 1 Feb 2026


We're looking at the life and legacy of one of the American Revolution's greatest villains, Benedict Arnold, and we'll find out how his name became synonymous with treachery and betrayal. Featuring: Dr Eliga Gould, Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford; Dr Tom Sebrell, history lecturer at University College London; Dr Charlene Boyer-Lewis, professor of history and director of American Studies at Kalamazoo College, Michigan, and author of the upcoming ‘Traitor, Wife: Peggy Shippen Arnold and Revolutionary America’; and Emma Parry, author of the upcoming novel ‘Mrs Benedict Arnold’.


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