Karen Abbott is the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City, American Rose, and, most recently, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy. She has written for the New York Times Book Review, Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian magazine, Salon, and other publications.
"Not for nothing has Abbott been called a 'pioneer of sizzle
history.' Here she creates a gripping page-turner that moves at a
breathtaking clip through the dramatic events of the Civil
War."--Los Angeles Times
"Engrossing...Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy is
conscientiously researched and smoothly written and
structured."--Wall Street Journal
"A revelation... Abbott profiles four [women], sometimes weaving,
sometimes stacking their stories together into a compelling
narrative."--USA Today (four stars)
"Eloquent... A riveting psychological inquiry and probing
examination of the courage, incomparable patriotism, stamina, and
agility of four women who repeatedly risked their lives to serve
their citizenry... Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy [feels] like an
operatic espionage novel, where deception, betrayal, love, and
redemption are interspersed with gripping combat scenes and
perilous rescues."--Los Angeles Review of Books
"Karen Abbott's Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy...is full of so many
titillating dramas and details, you could be forgiven for
periodically checking the back of the book to make sure it's
nonfiction."--Christian Science Monitor
"Gripping... a remarkable story of passion, strength, and
resilience."--Publishers Weekly (Starred
Review)
"Compelling... Karen Abbott stitches together a patchwork narrative
as complex as a pieced quilt, combining the colorful, unrelated
tales of four women who fought in the Civil War as surely as Lee
and Grant... [her] high achievement lies in her Augean compilation
of published and archival material."--Washington Times
"Abbott's prose is vivid, especially when she writes about battles
and the terrible costs they exact."--Washington Post
"Karen Abbott's powerful narrative is first rate American history
about a fascinating, little-known chapter of the Civil War, as well
as a compulsive, thrilling saga of espionage. Brilliant
storytelling, highly accessible, and impossible to put
down."--Gilbert King, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Devil
in the Grove
"Abbott...[reveals] in such vivid detail the extraordinary lives of
women who involved themselves so dangerously in the Civil War. This
is that rare work of history that reads like a novel -- and a
really good one at that -- and in which the truth is more thrilling
than fiction. "--Michael Korda, NY Times bestselling
biographer of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ulysses S. Grant, and T. E.
Lawrence
"Liar, Temptress, Solider, Spy by Karen Abbott is a masterpiece of
narrative storytelling, backed by impeccable research and
extraordinary material. I was gripped by every page."--Amanda
Foreman, author of the award-winning best sellers Georgiana,
Duchess of Devonshire and A World on Fire: A Epic History of
Two Nations Divided
"Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy is a masterwork of suspenseful plots
and unforgettable characters rendered in exacting, gorgeous
detail-a brilliant new take on the heroines and villainesses of the
Civil War."--Lydia Netzer, author of the New York Times
notable book Shine Shine Shine
"With Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy, Karen Abbott has taken history
and written it with the eloquence of good fiction. Halfway through
her book, I decided Ian Fleming could not have invented better
spies...nor have written about them with any more
suspense."--Robert Hicks, New York Times bestselling
author of The Widow of the South and A Separate
Country
Thrilling, illuminating, heart-pounding. Liar, Temptress, Solider,
Spy reads like a crackling espionage novel...Karen Abbott brings to
vivid life four of extraordinary and audacious women, and runs
glorious roughshod over all our traditional notions of the role of
women in the Civil War.--Megan Abbott, Edgar-award winning and
New York Times bestselling author of Dare Me and The
Fever
"Beautifully written, meticulously researched, and paced like an
edge-of-your-seat-novel---I love this big, ambitious, unstoppable
book."-- Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling
author of Gods in Alabama and Someone Else's Love
Story
The subjects of Karen Abbott's gripping story Liar, Temptress,
Soldier, Spy leap up -- and almost off -- the page... an
irresistibly good tale of Civil War espionage and a reminder that
the heroes of our history are often found in the most unexpected
places.--Deborah Blum, New York Times bestselling
author of The Poisoner's Handbook
"Karen Abbott's Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy is the kind
of page-turning book you can get so absorbed in that you keep
forgetting it's nonfiction."--Bustle.com
"With this book, Karen Abbott declares herself the John le Carre of
Civil War espionage--with the added benefit that the saga she tells
is all true and beautifully researched."--Erik Larson,
bestselling author of Devil in the White
City
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