Member Review Double Death by Gavin Mortimer

[Jim in Wisconsin]

I just finished this book - it's about the life of Pryce Lewis, a detective and spy for the Union. It's a heck of a story and I really enjoyed reading it.

 

[Library Lady]

Here is some more information on this book should you be intrigued. If you go down the linked page to almost the end, there is a tab for Published Reviews by the pros and beneath that a tab for Reviews from GoodReads by the rest of us.

Double death : the true story of Pryce Lewis, the Civil War's most daring spy

Emigrating to the United States in 1856, Pryce Lewis was soon employed as an operative by Allan Pinkerton in his newly established detective agency. Early in the Civil War Pinkerton offered the agency to President Lincoln as a secret service, spying on Southern forces and insurrectionists...

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[Jim in Wisconsin]

Allen Pinkerton sure doesn't come across as a competent spy or as having been much help to the union cause, at least according to this book.