The Baron's Gambit

His glittering European career shattered by insidious whispers and anonymous accusations, Friedrich von Steuben, a once-celebrated Prussian officer, faces ruin. Driven by a desperate hope for redemption, he flees the treacherous courts of Europe for the nascent American republic -a land as hungry for his military genius as he is for a new beginning.

At the desolate winter encampment of Valley Forge, amidst starvation and despair, Steuben confronts an almost impossible task: to transform a ra...