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New Year's Plot Unfolds In Philadelphia Spy Tale
In Philadelphia on New Year’s Eve 1777 a British plan to topple Washington falters as Lydia Darrah, her nephew Elijah Strong, and Edith Smith become central figures. A forged dispatch scheme collapses when Washington survives an assassination attempt and Williams uncovers the money plot. The tale ends with deaths, captures, and unresolved futures for the lovers.
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