![]() Motivated by vanity and a desire for fame, seventeen-year-old Boyd becomes a courier and spy for the Confederate army after shooting a Union soldier in her home. They use seduction to discover the secrets of Union soldiers and Northern politicians. Drawing from original source material, Abbott makes these women and their histories come alive, illuminating the women’s war and how these unsung heroines influenced the course of history.īelle Boyd and Rose O’Neal Greenhow are two women whose allegiances lay with the Confederacy. ![]() The book cycles through the stories of Belle Boyd, Emma Edmonds, Rose O’Neal Greenhow and Elizabeth Van Lew. ![]() Each chapter shifts in focus, alternating between Union and Confederate sympathizers. In her latest work of historical nonfiction, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy, Karen Abbott examines the role of four women during the Civil War who risk their lives for their beliefs. ![]()
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