Imposters of Patriotism
by Ted Richardson
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Pub Date Jun 15 2014 | Archive Date Sep 01 2015
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Savannah, Georgia antiques store owner Matt Hawkins discovers a two-hundred-year-old journal containing a stunning accusation. The journal claims that America’s most revered hero, George Washington, wrote a secret surrender letter to the British during the Revolutionary War—a seditious act that would have ended America’s fight for independence.
Meanwhile, the present-day race for president of the United States is a dead heat. The Republican nominee, a direct descendant of Washington’s family, has shamelessly exploited his ties to the Founding Father—a strategy that has worked brilliantly to eliminate a once wide gap in the polls. As the past collides with the present, Hawkins and lovely historian Sarah Gordon are determined to unearth the truth about the journal’s remarkable claim. But they must avoid a shadowy adversary who has a billion dollars riding on the election’s outcome—and who will stop at nothing to ensure that Washington’s surrender letter remains a secret.
Advance Praise
From Kirkus Reviews :
A fun read from an author worth watching.
Richardson makes his assured fiction debut with a thriller that questions the actions of one of America’s most towering figures. When Matt Hawkins, an antiques dealer in Savannah, Georgia, finds a diary hidden inside an old atlas, he has no idea that it will reveal that George Washington wrote a letter of surrender during the darkest days of the Revolutionary War. The letter was drafted but never reached its intended recipient, thereby allowing the Americans to continue their fight and claw back to victory. Hawkins realizes the implications of this revelation and enlists the help of a local scholar and her history-buff father to help him investigate the diary’s claims and eventually go searching for the letter. At the same time, a rising presidential candidate whose lineage traces directly back to George Washington has staked his campaign on the image of the founding father. When his operatives learn of Hawkins’ discovery, they dispatch ruthless agents to ensure the documents never become public. The two parties meet with…explosive consequences…The narrative toggles between the present and past, revealing the circuitous path the letter took as the main characters gather clues to determine its final resting place. Anyone familiar with the recent glut of historical revisionist thrillers will find a lot that is familiar in Richardson’s novel, but that doesn't diminish the simple pleasure of a well-told story. This one is complete with genre touchstones like a dashing academic, a deformed villain, a charmingly rumpled hero and a secretive society. The novel is consistently exciting…Readers will find a page-turning read filled with likable characters and enough real history to make it all feel believable.
This could signal the arrival of a welcome new voice in the genre.
From San Francisco Book Review:
Imposters of Patriotism is a deft weaving of American history and fiction, hitting a lot of Da Vinci Code buttons without feeling like a copycat or a pretender to the throne. And I mean that as a compliment. With its mix of strong action elements, engaging characters, and confident pacing, it takes the best of the ever-expanding Historical Secret Thriller genre and leaves the hokiness and more cloying tactics behind. This is no mere formulaic thriller.
This, surprisingly enough, is Ted Richardson's debut novel, and it's a marvelous indicator of great stories to come. Richardson has hit the ground running with Imposters of Patriotism and with another Matt Hawkins adventure in the pipeline, I strongly suspect he'll only get better from here.
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