While some members of the fairer sex were content to contribute to the war effort by darning socks, others went above and beyond the typical call of duty.īelle's name was the only one with which I was familiar prior to reading this book. Since any man worth his mettle is battlefield-bound (click the picture below, The Art of Inspiring Courage, for some of the means by which the lady-folk made sure of this), there are bound to be many changes in the women's world. We open curtain around summertime 1861, which (and I hope you already know this) coincides with the American Civil War. Additionally, the four women do not share a single story by any stretch of the imagination - a good thing if, like me, you enjoy "rotisserie-style" narration. I can't imagine how one would garner access to the dying thoughts of a drowning woman and/or the extent to which a purse full of gold may have tugged at her neck). It is a unique breed of narrative non-fiction, with dialogue taken from primary sources (à la Eric Larson or DKG), but with a bit more literary leeway given (e.g. (Or do you not season children?)Īctually, it's hard to dream up a single concoction to represent all that is contained in Karen Abbott's Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy. This book is EVERYTHING! * It's like A League of Their Own had a lovechild with Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and Doris Kearns Goodwin's (DKG) Team of Rivals, and seasoned it with an extra dash of siren song. Four Civil War femme fatales? Yes, please!
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