women spies

Shelby Cervosier flees to America with her sister after she agreed to go on a treacherous mission in Haiti--in exchange for legal amnesty and political asylum over the manslaughter charges she faced after she was raped--and the man who hired her wants her dead, but she is followed by two assassins--Hank Pekins and Vlad, "The Impaler.".

Three very different detectives work with and against each other as they engage in their obsessive pursuits of Witch, an ingenious assassin who must be stopped before carrying out a deadly assignment that will have international repercussions.

Benjamin Wingfoot, the leader of a Special Operations Group assigned to the upcountry in 1966 Vietnam, is ordered to kill a local bar girl suspected of being a North Vietnamese spy.

Chronicles the experiences of the few women who served as soldiers during the Civil War, discussing how they adapted to life in a predominately male military.

Profiles the lives of thirty women from history who risked their lives to work as spies for their countries.

A collection of biographies of real women who were spies throughout history and around the world, including Virginia Hall, Sarah Emma Edmonds, Josephine Baker, and Eva Wu.

Sarah Emma Edmonds recounts her experiences as a soldier during the Civil War and how, disguised as a man, she fought with the Second Michigan Infantry from the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861 to the Kentucky Campaign of 1863.

Serena Frome, the beautiful daughter of an Anglican bishop, is being groomed for the intelligence services after a brief affair with an older man during her final year at Cambridge. She is sent on a secret mission and comes in contact with a promising young writer, Tom Haley, and while at first she loves his books, she then comes to love the man, and while trying to maintain her undercover life she breaks the first rule of espionage, trust no one.

In the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War, a Southern woman from a wealthy family, Elizabeth Van Lew, risked her life to spy for the North. She took food and books (often containing secret messages) to imprisoned Union soldiers and helped them escape. She created a spy network and sent valuable military information to Northern generals. Van Lew opposed slavery so much that she bought slaves to free them. Her bravery and her devotion to her country and to freedom made her an American hero.

Profiles eight women whose served as soldiers, spies, and patriots during the American Revolution including Deborah Samson, Nancy Morgan Hart, Margaret Corbin, Elizabeth Martin, and others.