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The Lion and the Fox: Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot To Build a Confederate Navy
By Rose, Alexander
- ISBN
- 9780358393252
- Publisher
- Mariner: Houghton Harcourt
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Reviewed on November 1, 2022 | Social Sciences
Historian Rose (Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring) masterfully delivers an exciting tale of plots and schemes among the shipyards, docks, and government offices of Liverpool and London. At the onset of the American Civil War, the Southern states lacked a navy. The North blockaded southern ports, cutting off cotton to foreign markets. Confederate leaders dispatched James Bulloch (1823–1901) to England to raise a small fleet of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
