· Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy is the non-fiction account of four women during the U. S. Civil War: Rose Greenhow, Elizabeth Van Lew, Emma Edmonds, and Belle Boyd (guess which side she was on). Two are Confederates and two Unionists, each spied for /5. · In a spellbinding work of historical restoration, bestselling author Karen Abbott recounts the courage and audacious duplicity of four remarkable women-a socialite, a farm girl, an abolitionist, and a widow-who played seminal roles during the American Civil War. Plot summary. Add synopsis. Genres. Author Karen Abbott has accomplished both admirably in her latest book, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy. This is a war we all think we know, but our four protagonists take us undercover in a way that enlivens this moment in American history through their unique, unheard-of perspectives/5().
Karen Abbott found four of the most interesting and well-documented women in the Civil War and took off like a shot. One narcissist, two socialites, one cross-dresser, all spies. I'm relatively knowledgeable about the American Civil War thanks to my father and the constant rehashing of the history from 4th grade through high school. 'Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War' by Karen Abbott (Harper). Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy is a riveting non-fiction book about four women who conducted espionage (and, in one case, fought undercover as a soldier) in the Civil War. Two women worked for the North and two for the South. The book is interesting and exciting and paints incredible pictures of very different women who, love them or hate them, lived unusual lives of great political and.
Posted Febru by Cathleen. Title: Liar Temptress Soldier Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War. Author: Karen Abbott. Page Count: pages. Genre: Nonfiction, History, Collective Biographies. Tone: Dramatic, Richly Detailed, Compelling. Summary: One of the most fascinating yet little-known aspects of the Civil War is illuminated in the stories of four courageous women — a socialite, a farm girl, an abolitionist, and a widow — who risked everything to take on a life of. Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and “pioneer of sizzle history” (USA Today), tells the spellbinding true story of four women - a socialite, a farmgirl, an abolitionist, and a widow - who risked everything to become spies during the Civil War. In a spellbinding work of historical restoration, bestselling author Karen Abbott recounts the courage and audacious duplicity of four remarkable women-a socialite, a farm girl, an abolitionist, and a widow-who played seminal roles during the American Civil War. Plot summary. Add synopsis. Genres.
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