Elizabeth Loring Slept Here: A Novel

An intimate, revelatory novel about a notorious woman at the center of the American Revolution.

During the war for independence, Elizabeth Loring rose to infamy as the American mistress of William Howe, the British general who failed repeatedly to stamp out George Washington’s rebellion. Critics blamed Howe’s lapses on the decadent hours he shared with Betsey. She’s been a punchline in history books ever since—until now.

In Elizabeth Loring Slept Here, Betsey finally tells her side of the sto...