The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington

Going down throughout probably the most essential interval of our nation’s beginning, The First Conspiracy tells a outstanding and beforehand untold piece of American historical past that not solely reveals George Washington’s character, but additionally illuminates the origins of America’s counterintelligence motion that led to the trendy day CIA.

In 1776, an elite group of troopers have been handpicked to function George Washington’s bodyguards. Washington trusted them; relied on them. However unbeknownst to Washington, a few of them have been a part of a treasonous plan. Within the months main as much as the Revolutionary Conflict, these traitorous troopers, together with the Governor of New York, William Tryon, and Mayor David Mathews, launched a lethal plot in opposition to crucial member of the navy: George Washington himself.

That is the story of the key plot and the way it was revealed. It’s a story of leaders, liars, counterfeiters, and jailhouse confessors. It additionally reveals simply how onerous the battle was for George Washington and the way shut America was to shedding the Revolutionary Conflict.

On this historic page-turner, New York Occasions bestselling writer Brad Meltzer groups up with American historical past author and documentary tv producer, Josh Mensch to unravel the stunning true story behind what has beforehand been a footnote within the pages of historical past. Drawing on in depth analysis, Meltzer and Mensch seize in riveting element how George Washington not solely defeated probably the most highly effective navy drive on this planet, but additionally uncovered the key plot in opposition to him within the tumultuous days main as much as July 4, 1776.