The secrets of Mary Bowser

a novel

English language

Published Dec. 24, 2012 by William Morrow.

ISBN:
978-0-06-210790-9
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OCLC Number:
730414113

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"Based on the true story of Mary Bowser, a freed slave who returns to Virginia to spy on the Confederates, The secrets of Mary Bowser is the powerful story of a woman who must sacrifice her freedom to truly achieve it"--

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I felt better about the too-convenient plotting and the fact that there was zero spycraft for the first half of the book, after I read that the historian author was trying to depict things (like the existence of supportive parents and spouse, or tangible historical consequences for her actions) that the real-life Mary probably never had.

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Subjects

  • Women spies
  • Freedmen
  • Secret service
  • History
  • FICTION / Historical
  • Fiction

Places

  • United States