Books by Lois Leveen
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review 1: You might look upon Romeo with different eyes after reading this. Leveen's story is emotional in a way that Shakepeare didn't portray. Even the cover hums with the richness, the decadence, of the story within its pages. I love the way that this story takes such a different spin...
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review 1: The Secrets of Mary Bowser imagines the life of a former slave, freed and educated in the North, who returns to Richmond right before the Civil War as a spy for the Union. I ran across the book as a Kindle Daily Deal, and I had to admit that the premise intrigued me especially si...
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review 1: Good historical fiction based on a real African-American woman who was a spy for the union during the Civil War. Such a different perspective from what I've read previously- a former slave being freed, educated and then returning to the South to care for her ailing father and wo...