Was Peggy Shippen the real mastermind behind Benedict Arnold’s betrayal? Peggy successfully fooled the most powerful men in ...

The “Shippen mansion,” torn down in 1914, stood at the northwest corner of Lime and Orange streets, where the YWCA is now. Peggy’s grandfather had moved there in the 1750s to escape the high ...

Mark Jacob and Stephen Case recount the role that Philadelphia socialite Peggy Shippen (1760-1804), Benedict Arnold's second wife, played in the Revolutionary War. The authors report that Ms ...

Peggy Shippen was born into one of the most prominent families in Philadelphia. She was destined for a life of wealth and prominence, until fate intervened and on April 8, 1779, the 37-year-old ...

Nancy Rubin Stuart talked about her book, [Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married], in which she recounts the lives of Peggy Shippen and ...

Peggy Shippen Arnold is shown in this contemporary portrait with her daughter. "The Traitor's Wife" has been optioned for movie or TV treatment. Her husband’s name is synonymous with treason.

TREACHEROUS BEAUTY: PEGGY SHIPPEN, THE WOMAN BEHIND BENEDICT ARNOLD’S PLOT TO BETRAY AMERICA By Mark Jacob and Stephen H. Case Lyons Press, $24.95, 279 pages Benedict Arnold certainly would ...

Photos: Faces of Fall 2014 Solo will play Peggy Shippen, who hails from one of the richest families in the capital of Philadelphia who is well-versed in politics, foreign affairs and finance.