Title:
The lion and the fox : two rival spies and the secret plot to build a Confederate Navy / Alexander Rose.
ISBN:
9780358393252
9780063277892
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
Physical Description:
ix, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Prologue: The bloody spot -- On secret service -- The white gold -- The black crow -- The crowning city -- A river in Sicily -- The first raider -- The war rules -- The magician -- The dead letter -- Traitor to his benefactor -- The lucky shoemaker -- The man with no hands -- The great red god -- Retribution.
Summary:
"James Bulloch, a sea captain turned Confederate agent, arrived in Liverpool at a crucial moment during the U.S. Civil War: a Union blockade was preventing Southern cotton exports from reaching Britain, threatening to destroy what was left of the Confederate economy-unless Bulloch could secretly arrange for the construction of a fleet of warships to break the northern grip on the South. Shortly thereafter, Union operative Thomas Dudley, a pious Quaker and radical abolitionist, arrived in Liverpool to stop the Confederate spy. Either man's mission, if successful, would determine the war's outcome and the country's fate. From master of historical espionage Alexander Rose, The Lion and the Fox uncovers an enthralling, unknown story at the core of the Civil War: an intense duel between two international agents who almost single-handedly decided America's war and changed the course of history"-- Provided by publisher.
Corporate Subject:
OCLC Number:
on1291171199
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