The Scarlet Coat
During the Revolutionary War, American Major John Bolton feigns desertion in order to uncover a British plot to seize the stronghold of West Point. In 1780 Major John Bolton is recruited by Colonial i…
The Scarlet Coat
During the Revolutionary War, American Major John Bolton feigns desertion in order to uncover a British plot to seize the stronghold of West Point. In 1780 Major John Bolton is recruited by Colonial intelligence as a counterspy who will feign desertion to the British forces. His mission is to discover the identity of an American traitor with the code name Gustavus. Although prominent Tory Dr. Odell suspects Bolton of being a double agent, the spy wins the friendship and respect of British spymaster Major John Andre and, in doing so, discovers that the traitor is none other than American hero, General Benedict Arnold, who is planning to surrender the key colonial position of West Point to the English. —duke1029@aol.com It's 1780 in the Hudson River Valley where the American Revolutionary War rages. A citizen's army representing the thirteen colonies is aware that there is a British spy in their midst using the code name Gustavus, who is has been able to send secret messages to the British troops (referred to as the redcoats for the color of their uniforms) to someone code named James Osborn via Dr. Jonathan Odell. They are unaware that Gustavus is actually Benedict Arnold who has stood side-by-side with current President and Commander of the Continental Army George Washington on the battlefield and is still a trusted General under Washington. Major John Bolton, a dragoon part of a covert wing of the citizen's army, he who protects the identity of those in his unit even up the chain of command, is assigned by his superior General Robert Howe to counterintelligence to infiltrate the redcoats in part to discover the identity of and thus stop the work of Gustavus and Osborn, he well aware that the redcoats discovering that he is working against them meaning his certain death. He also does not discount anyone from possibly being either spy, including females. In the process, the situation becomes more difficult for him in possibly divided loyalties in developing friendships with Sally Cameron, the wife of a redcoat, and British Army Major John André. —Huggo
The Scarlet Coat
Adventure,Drama,History
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During the Revolutionary War, American Major John Bolton feigns desertion in order to uncover a British plot to seize the stronghold of West Point. In 1780 Major John Bolton is recruited by Colonial intelligence as a counterspy who will feign desertion to the British forces. His mission is to discover the identity of an American traitor with the code name Gustavus.
Although prominent Tory Dr. Odell suspects Bolton of being a double agent, the spy wins the friendship and respect of British spymaster Major John Andre and, in doing so, discovers that the traitor is none other than American hero, General Benedict Arnold, who is planning to surrender the key colonial position of West Point to the English. —duke1029@aol.com It's 1780 in the Hudson River Valley where the American Revolutionary War rages.
A citizen's army representing the thirteen colonies is aware that there is a British spy in their midst using the code name Gustavus, who is has been able to send secret messages to the British troops (referred to as the redcoats for the color of their uniforms) to someone code named James Osborn via Dr. Jonathan Odell. They are unaware that Gustavus is actually Benedict Arnold who has stood side-by-side with current President and Commander of the Continental Army George Washington on the battlefield and is still a trusted General under Washington.
Major John Bolton, a dragoon part of a covert wing of the citizen's army, he who protects the identity of those in his unit even up the chain of command, is assigned by his superior General Robert Howe to counterintelligence to infiltrate the redcoats in part to discover the identity of and thus stop the work of Gustavus and Osborn, he well aware that the redcoats discovering that he is working against them meaning his certain death. He also does not discount anyone from possibly being either spy, including females. In the process, the situation becomes more difficult for him in possibly divided loyalties in developing friendships with Sally Cameron, the wife of a redcoat, and British Army Major John André.
—Huggo.