Bibliograph

The lion and the fox, two rival spies and the secret plot to build a Confederate Navy, Alexander Rose

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The lion and the fox, two rival spies and the secret plot to build a Confederate Navy, Alexander Rose

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-258) and index

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collective biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The lion and the fox

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1291171199

Responsibility statement

Alexander Rose

Sub title

two rival spies and the secret plot to build a Confederate Navy

Summary

A master of historical espionage tells the thrilling story of the Confederate spy who, dispatched to a neutral Britain during the Civil War, was pitted against his Union rival at Dickensian port of Liverpool whose merchant princes were “addicted to Southern proclivities, foreign slave trade and domestic bribery.”

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

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Two rival spies and the secret plot to build a Confederate Navy

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