On secret service
Subtitle: a novel
By: by John Jakes
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Doubleday Direct Large Print
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 883
ISBN-13: 9780739410301
Subjects: Large type books; Fiction; History; Secret service
Description: The shadow war between the Secret Services of the Federal and Confederate governments provides the backdrop for this story. Jakes, as usual, adroitly interweaves a cast of fictional and historical characters, placing them in historical places and events. His research is more than cursory; however, it does seem that the Confederates are a bit more nasty, more villainous, than their Federal counterparts.