About this title: Set in Civil War America, this novel follows the fortunes of a cast of young characters as the war makes an inevitable impact on their lives. Abolitionist Lon Price is a detective with the new firm known as Pinkerton's. Margaret Miller is a bubble-headed Southern belle. Rose Greenhow is a beautiful Confederate spy. Hanna Siegel is a young woman who wishes she could prove herself in battle. And Captain Frederick Dasher, serving in the First Virginia Cavalry under General Jeb Stuart, isn't sure why he's there. Veteran historical novelist John Jakes brings them all together in Washington D.C. in ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton Books
Date Published: 06/2000
ISBN-13:9780525945444ISBN:052594544X
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 448 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton Books
Date Published: 06/2000
ISBN-13:9780525945444ISBN:052594544X
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 448 p. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780451204059ISBN:0451204050
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 480 p. Audience: General/trade. Very good condition, some edge wear. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780451204059ISBN:0451204050
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge and corner wear. Some spine creases. Cover crease on back cover. No marks. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 480 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780451204059ISBN:0451204050
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. no writing, no rips or tears, SMOKE FREE. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 480 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780451204059ISBN:0451204050
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, light shelf wear to cover, light creases on spine, light aging. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 480 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Signet
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780451204059ISBN:0451204050
Description: Very Good. {VG-} Mass Market Paperback. Spine creases and edgewear. FIRST EDITION. Original cover art. Page edges beginning to tan due to age. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780525945444ISBN:052594544X
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 448 p. Audience: General/trade. Small Black Line Bottom Pages Otherwise Nice Condition read more
Description: Very Good. 0451204050 SS--A GOOD LOOKING mass market paperback book! ! Some creasing of the spine & signs of wear from reading--nothing major. Has store stamp on top border. SMOKE FREE HOME! Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a nice copy! read more
Description: Very Good. 0451204050 Great condition paperback book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, light edge rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
"Jakes again uses the Civil War as his subject matter. This time the beginnings of the Secret service and spying between the North and South in Washington. Good detail, but not his best novel."
"I love most of John Jakes' books and am totally hooked on Civil War period novels. This was disappointing though because it read more like a history book and I never really felt connected to the characters or really cared what happened to them. It seemed promising though, about a spy from the north crossing enemy lines and of course falling in love with the beautiful southern bell but it was actually pretty boring."
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