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Lincoln's lady spymaster : the untold story of the abolitionist Southern belle who helped win the Civil War

Willis, Gerri2025
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Wealthy Southern belle Elizabeth Van Lew had it all. Money, charm, wit - the most elegant mansion in Richmond. So why risk everything to become a Union spy? The answer was simple: freedom. In this gripping Civil War history, Gerri Willis charts the making of a spymaster genius. Right in the heart of the Confederate capital, Elizabeth played the society lady while building a secret espionage network of slaves, Unionists, and prisoners of war. It would cost her almost everything.
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