A dramatic tale of spying and espionage, On Secret Service chronicles the Civil War from its onset to Lincoln's assassination. Jakes follows the romance of two couples, divided by war and allegiance. Lon Price is a Pinkerton detective assigned to the railroad out of Chicago...
An Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild? John Jakes, the acclaimed author of the #1 New York Times bestselling North and South Trilogy , returns to the Civil War with On Secret Service --the story of two couples, divided by war and allegiance, who discover that love doesn't...
John Jakes writes about the Civil War like no one else, and constructs a story of the shadow war waged by Union and Confederate spies and counterspies. From the involvement of the Pinkertons to the creation of the Secret Service to Lincoln's assassination, Jakes focuses on four...