Gerri Willis

Lincoln's Lady Spymaster (eBook, ePUB)

The Untold Story of the Abolitionist Southern Belle Who Helped Win the Civil War

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Wealthy Southern belle Elizabeth Van Lew had it all. Money, charm, witthe 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. Flouting society's expectations for women, Elizabeth infiltrated prisons and defied public opinion. She met assassins, socialites, escape artists, and cross-dressing spies. From grave robbery to a bold voyage across enemy lines, Elizabeth's escapades only grew more daring. But it paid off. By the war's end, she had agents in both the Confederate War Department and the Richmond White House, and her couriers provided General Ulysses S. Grant with crucial, daily intelligence for his final assault.

With extensive and fresh research, Gerri Willis uncovers the Southern abolitionist heroine that the Lost Cause buriedan unbelievable tale of one woman's courage, resistance, and liberation. Heartfelt, thrilling, and inspiring, Lincoln's Lady Spymaster restores a forgotten hero to her rightful place as an American icon.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780063333666
• Artikelnr.: 72241348

Autorenporträt

Gerri Willis is a correspondent and anchor for Fox Business, appearing frequently on Fox News and hosting the Real Tough Women series on Fox Nation and the The Fearless & Proud podcast on Fox Radio. Her daily show The Willis Report aired for five years. Prior to working at Fox, she hosted a weekly financial show for CNN. She is an award-winning financial news magazine writer and a Columbia University Knight Bagehot Fellow. A breast cancer survivor, she is also a recipient of the Susan G. Komen Image Award. She lives in Westchester, New York, with her husband, David Evans, and their poodle puppy, Rufus.