Treason

By David Nevin

Book Overview

America has entered her most trying time. Three powerful men collide in a tale of treason that put the very future of the nation and its democracy at stake. Aaron Burr shatters the trust he enjoys from the American people by attempting to steal the presidency from under, Jefferson's nose. Stripped of power, Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in a raging duel and flees. General James Wilkinson, secretly on the Spanish payroll as Agent #13, fuels Burr's unquenchable ambition and conceives a plot to steal the entire Louisiana Territory from Jefferson. And James Madison, the unlikely hero, who uses his icy nerves and powerful intellect to try and hold a fledgling nation together. Treason is the stirring story of historical mystery and power politics in the days when our nation was young and vulnerable. A time of plot and counterplot, intrigue and greed, and the story of the figures of American history as they really were.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812524748
• ISBN13: 9780812524741
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 1.3" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

A GOOD HISTORICAL NOVEL

I really liked this novel. It was well written and It's about the conspiracy theory of Aaron Burr against Jefferson. It was a little long but well worth the reading time. A must for history buffs. It also mentions about Adams, James, and Dolley Madison, the Louisiana Purchase as well as the trial and other historical figures. I would rate it 4.5 stars.

A Must for anyone that enjoys Politics and History

This is the second novel by David Nevin that I have read (But won't be the last). The more I read it the more I realized that politics has changed very little in the last two hundred years. I have been a student of American History for twenty five years, and still learned much from this novel. The author writes in such a way that you can almost imagine yourself being there to witness history as it is being made. And since it is a novel its not at all dry or boring to read, yet is based on historical facts with minimal "literary licence".