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Forbidden Love and Spy Ring in Civil War Washington
Jeanne Beaufort, a Virginian heiress presumed dead by war, travels under a wig as Alice Trent to infiltrate Union lines. She joins a Northern household in Washington as a spy, learns telegraphy, and plans to locate Parson Kennedy while eluding Morgan and a dangerous double life. The piece follows her evolving disguise and budding romance with Captain Armitage as the Civil War widens its espionage web.
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Jeanne Beaufort
Kennedy
Washington
Jeanne
Richmond
Parson
John Kennedy
John
Parson Kennedy
Brother John
Jack
Clase
Tam
Baltimore
Beaufort
Alice Trent
Susan Warren
Arment
Stoetion Company
Armitage
Lincoln
Grant
Secret Service Bureau
Morgan
John Armitage