Liar Temptress Soldier Spy by Karen Abbott
Liar, Temptress, Solider, Spy follows four women’s efforts to help their respective sides during the course of the Civil War. The women, Belle Boyd, Rose O’Neal Greenhow, Elizabeth Van Lew and Emma Edmonds each have a truly amazing story of how they used their talents and ingenuity to aid their side.
Rose, a Washington Socialite, was able to pry secrets out of many northern politicians and then pass it along to the leaders of the South.
Belle was a small town girl from what is now West Virginia. She was determined to not let the war pass her by and inserted herself as a courier by carrying intelligence to her hero, Stonewall Jackson.
Elizabeth lived in Richmond, but supported the Northern cause. She was able to organize one of the most extensive spy rings ever established. Including infiltrating the White House of the Confederacy with her servant, Mary Bowser.
Emma had assumed the identity of a man, Frank Thompson, long before the war began and then enlisted and fought in many wars and also served as a field nurse and a spy, knowing that if she was ever discovered, she could be court martialed.
The author does a good job of bringing the women in this book to life and seeing them as real people fighting for something they truly believed in.
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