Alexander Rose is the author of the New York Times bestselling Washington's Spies (basis of the AMC original series Turn), among several other nonfiction books. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020.
Genius . . . a definitive tale of an incredible time. - Keith O'Brien, New York Times, on Empires of the Sky Strikingly vivid, well-observed, and compulsively readable . . . with shockingly evocative narrative reconstructions and penetrating, precise analysis . . . A tour de force. - Daily Beast on Men of War [Rose] captures the human dimension of spying, war and leadership. - Wall Street Journal on Washington's Spies Rose gives us intrigue, crossed signals, derring-do, and a priceless slice of eighteenth-century life. - Richard Brookhiser, author of Founding Father, on Washington's Spies A compelling portrait of [a] rogues' gallery of barkeeps, misfits, hypochondriacs, part-time smugglers, and full-time neurotics that will remind every reader of the cast of a John le Carre novel. - National Review on Washington's Spies Alexander Rose tells this important story with style and wit. - Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joseph J. Ellis, on Washington's Spies Fascinating . . . Spies proved to be the tipping point in the summer of 1778, helping Washington begin breaking the stalemate with the British. . . . [Alexander] Rose's book brings to light their crucial help in winning American independence. - Chicago Tribune, on Washington's Spies Men of War?is deeply researched, beautifully written. It is military history at its best. - The Wall Street Journal, on Men of War