Covert intelligence played a critical role in the American Revolution. Connecticut produced an extraordinary number of spies on both sides of theconflict, from the infamous traitor and Norwich-born Benedict Arnold to PatriotNathan Hale, executed by the British for espionage. Spying during theRevolution entailed coded messages, early submarines with the first explodingtorpedoes and the penalty of death for those caught in the act. Despite therisk, some spies even played both sides as double agents, such as EdwardBancroft, who was never caught. With stories of Silas Deane, Ethan Allen,Thomas Knowlton, the Culper Spy Ring and others, author Mark Allen Bakernavigates the intrigues, dangers and double crosses of Connecticut's mostlegendary Revolutionary spies.