This was an interesting book. Unfortunately, I was expecting a little more out of it. There was nothing new in terms of historical significance that came as a result of this book. The author just recounts the same story that has been told for a long time. It is entertaining at least.

Very much enjoyed this dual comparison of both Washington and Arnold. I confess I did not know too much about Arnold's life until reading this. He truly was an aggressive military leader who had kept the fledgling Americans on the offense and disrupted the British. But this book was really an expose on character - and this is how these two figures contrasted greatly. An interesting read but not too much in the weeds. The author gave us just enough to learn what was important. I wish the maps had been included up front in the book or interspersed throughout. I did not realize there were maps in the back and it would have helped to have these visuals as you read the book. Definitely enjoyable and worth the time to review. It is still a remarkable story of how the American colonists overthrew the British, against all odds, and this book only further emphasizes that.

It's rather a sad story. Had Benedict Arnold died in 1778 he would have gone down as one of the great military generals of the Revolutionary War. But his erratic, selfish nature did him in. It was also interesting to read about the backstabbing and pettiness that existed back then. Not much has changed. At its core the book was about two people with very different character traits. While Washington is all but deified by Americans, Benedict Arnold's courage in the beginning of the War was overshadowed by his irascible and corruptible personality. While Washington was motivated by what was right, Arnold was motivated by greed and what would benefit him. It was hard not to draw comparisons between Washington and Arnold and our current US President.

This book was extremely interesting because of where I live. So much of the Revolutionary War was fought close by me and I'm familiar with their locations. I also learned much more than I'd ever known before about Benedict Arnold. Though what he did was wrong, after reading the book one can see how he might have felt justified in what he was doing.

What started out as 2 men on the same mission, turned very different. Great story putting them side by side.

not a bad little book. has a lot of detail and does a good job of describing the circumstances that existed around washington and arnold. i feel a bit of bias in the read, but it is enjoyable to see the relationship between these two men of history

First off, the bad news. The Audible version of this book is not very good. Lots of strange skips, hiccups, and short passages reread. Audible needs to reedit this product.

Now the good news. Great book. While there's not a lot of new information about either Washington or Arnold in the book, the approach of looking at the careers of these two men in parallel is interesting and refreshing.

The author also does a great job at the end of the book looking at how each of these men embodies the idea of "character." It was a very satisfying way to wrap up the narrative.

A fairly good dual biographical sketch and the story of the relationship between these two men.

An enjoyable and illuminating read, Mr. Palmer separately tells the stories of both patriots as they each blaze their own path, until they artfully converge at the end, bringing the story to full focus.

This is an amazing book that I learned so much history from. I found out the war between England and the colonies began in 1776. It went for 4 years. Arnold fought diligently for the US but was picked on by other soldiers that were jealous of him or didn't like his style. The author made it feel like the US treated him poorly and he became so mad that he became a traitor right at the very end of the war.