Authors' Note xiii
Preface xv
Introduction 1(2)
Chapter 1 Hold New York, Win the War
3(12)
Chapter 2 The Need for a Spy Ring
15(18)
Chapter 3 Launching the Ring
33(8)
Chapter 4 Crossing the Sound
41(14)
Chapter 5 The Ring Springs into Action
55(14)
Chapter 6 Townsend Joins the Fight
69(20)
Chapter 7 Creating a Code
89(10)
Chapter 8 Mounting Tensions and Double-Dealings
99(10)
Chapter 9 Washington Demands More
109(10)
Chapter 10 The French Connection
119(8)
Chapter 11 Benedict and Peggy
127(14)
Chapter 12 Negotiations and Treachery
141(10)
Chapter 13 The Deal Is Done
151(12)
Chapter 14 Another Spy at the Gallows
163(12)
Chapter 15 The Ring in Peril
175(10)
Chapter 16 The Beginning of the End
185(12)
Chapter 17 Retaking New York at Last
197(12)
Chapter 18 Life After the Ring
209(6)
Epilogue 215(2)
Acknowledgments 217(4)
Selected Sources 221(6)
Index 227