9 best books featuring notorious figures

Thomas Craughwell lists these books as the best myth-busting histories centered on notorious figures. 

3. ‘The Man in the Mirror: A Life of Benedict Arnold,’ by Clare Brandt

Brandt approaches Benedict Arnold – perhaps the most infamous traitor in American history – with an objective candor and a psychologist’s lens. What was it, Brandt asks, in Arnold’s inner life that motivated him to turn from hero to villain nearly overnight?

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