The Spymistress: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0142180882
- ISBN-13
- 9780142180884
- Category
- Historical fiction
- Pages
- 354
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-03-25
- Publisher
- Plume
- Author
- Jennifer Chiaverini
Description
Pledging her loyalty to the North at the risk of her life when her native Virginia secedes, Quaker-educated aristocrat Elizabeth Van Lew uses her innate skills for gathering military intelligence to help construct the Richmond underground and orchestrate escapes from the infamous Confederate Libby Prison. By the best-selling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker.
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