The Spymistress
- ISBN-10
- 1594137234
- ISBN-13
- 9781594137235
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 621
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-04-23
- Publisher
- Large Print Press
- 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. (historical fiction).
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