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  • The First Conspiracy (Young Reader's Edition)

  • The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
  • By: Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
  • Narrated by: Scott Brick
  • Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (28 ratings)

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The First Conspiracy (Young Reader's Edition)

By: Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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"[Narrator Scott Brick]...makes the pages come alive. He varies his volume during dramatic moments, at times almost whispering. He also varies his tone, enhancing the drama but never overpowering it.... This work is an excellent example of the perfect melding of text and narrator." (AudioFile Magazine on The First Conspiracy, Earphones Award Winner)

Number-one New York Times best-selling author Brad Meltzer unravels the truth behind the secret assassination attempt on George Washington and how the plot helped create the CIA and the FBI in this young listeners' adaptation for younger audiences

1776.
The early days of the Revolutionary War.

It supposedly began with Thomas Hickey, a private in the Continental Army, and New York governor William Tryon. In an astonishing power grab, they plotted to kill Hickey's boss: a man by the name of George Washington.

In the end, Hickey was caught, brought to trial, and found guilty. It would seem he became the first person in the new nation to be executed for treason.

But to this day, nobody knows for sure if this story is true. In The First Conspiracy, Brad Meltzer sheds light on the close-kept secrets and compelling details surrounding this story and exposes the history of how the assassination plot catalyzed the creation of the CIA and FBI.

This fascinating investigation offers young listeners an in-depth look at the facts and remaining questions that surround this contested historical event.

©2019 Brad Meltzer (P)2019 Macmillan Audio
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history lesson. So timely to reconnect with the vision and heroic efforts taken to birth the U.S.

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A Great Lesson on the start of our Freedom

Did you know that George Washington was already commanding the Continental Army before the Declaration of Independence was written? Listen to this amazing story of how British Loyalist schemed to build a network of spies working against the Patriots and even attracted some of George Washington’s own special guards in a plot to capture him.

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