Our Man in Charleston: Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South

By Christopher Dickey.

Our Man in Charleston: Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South

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Between the Confederacy and recognition by Great Britain stood one unlikely Englishman who hated the slave trade. His actions helped determine the fate of a nation. When Robert Bunch arrived in Charleston to take up the post of British consul in 1853, he was young and full of ambition, but even he couldn’t have imagined the incredible role he would play in the history-making events to unfold. In an age when diplomats often were spies, Bunch’s job included sending intelligence back to the British government in London. Yet as the United States threatened to erupt into Civil W...

ISBN(s)

0307887278, 9780307887276

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