Title: On 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.
Subjects: Large type books, Fiction, History, Secret service
Places: United States
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865