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On secret service

An Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild® John Jakes, the acclaimed author of the #1 New York Times.

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  • "Set against the fiery backdrop of the Civil War, "four young people were caught up in the chaos of war : a spy, a rebel, an actress, and an officer, their lives swept away in a tumult of love, hatred, political intrigue, violence, and constant danger"--Back jacket."
  • "An Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild® John Jakes, the acclaimed author of the #1 New York Times."@en
  • "The story of spies, espionage, ciphers and codes, as well as the dangerous undercover work deep behind enemy lines of the Civil War."@en
  • "The shadow war between the Secret Services of the Federal and Confederate governments provides the backdrop for this story. Jakes, as usual, adroitly interweaves a cast of fictional and historical characters, placing them in historical places and events. His research is more than cursory; however, it does seem that the Confederates are a bit more nasty, more villainous, than their Federal counterparts. Michael Kramer's steady voice moves the exciting plot, with all of its twists and turns, at an even pace. He is especially good with the narrative portions. Whether he's describing drunken soldiers in Washington or the New York City Draft Riots of 1863, one can picture the action taking place. Vocal characterizations are, in the main, competent, with male Northerners the strongest and female Southerners the weakest."
  • "In this riveting novel of passion and political intrique, the author of the North and South trilogy focuses of the lives of four people-yankee detective, a beautiful spy, a struggling actress and a dashing Army officer-embroiled in the plot to assassinate Presidents Lincoln."@en
  • "The war of spies and espionage, of ciphers and codes, of dangerous undercover work deep behind enemy lines during the Civil War."@en
  • "Two couples learn that love does not take sides when Lon Price, a secret agent with the Union army, falls for Rebel sympathizer Margaret Miller, and Confederate Major Fred Dasher becomes enchanted with actress Hanna Siegel, a young woman masquerading as a Union soldier."
  • "Two couples learn that love does not take sides when Lon Price, a secret agent with the Union army, falls for Rebel sympathizer Margaret Miller, and Confederate Major Fred Dasher becomes enchanted with actress Hanna Siegel, a young woman masquerading as a Union soldier."@en

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "War stories"
  • "War stories"@en
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "History"
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  • "On secret service"
  • "On secret service"@en
  • "I hemmelig tjeneste"@da
  • "On secret service : a novel"
  • "On secret service : a novel"@en
  • "Titkos küldetés"
  • "Mut der Sehnsucht : Roman"
  • "Violence et passion"
  • "On secret service a novel"@en
  • "Titkos küldetés : [regény]"@hu
  • "Mut der Sehnsucht Roman"
  • "ON SECRET SERVICE"@en
  • "On Secret Service"
  • "On Secret Service"@en
  • "On secret service: a novel"
  • "On secret services"

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