Lincoln's Lady Spymaster: The Untold Story of the Abolitionist Southern Belle Who Helped Win the Civil War

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this gripping Civil War history Fox Business's Gerri Willis charts the making of a spymaster genius. 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. 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. Her story is filled with vivid personalities including: Assassin John Wilkes Booth Washington socialite and Southern spy Rose Greenhow Prison escape artist Thomas Rose Cavalry hero Ulrich Dahlgren Black spy Mary Bowser who