{"product_id":"our-man-in-charleston-britains-secret-agent-in-the-civil-war-south-paperback","title":"Our Man in Charleston: Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Dickey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBetween 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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 War, Bunch found himself plunged into a double life, settling into an amiable routine with his slavery-loving neighbors on the one hand, while working furiously to thwart their plans to achieve a new Confederacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs secession and war approached, the Southern states found themselves in an impossible position. They knew that recognition from Great Britain would be essential to the survival of the Confederacy, and also that such recognition was likely to be withheld if the South reopened the Atlantic slave trade. But as Bunch meticulously noted from his perch in Charleston, secession's red-hot epicenter, that trade was growing. And as Southern leaders continued to dissemble publicly about their intentions, Bunch sent dispatch after secret dispatch back to the Foreign Office warning of the truth--that economic survival would force the South to import slaves from Africa in massive numbers. When the gears of war finally began to turn, and Bunch was pressed into service on an actual spy mission to make contact with the Confederate government, he found himself in the middle of a fight between the Union and Britain that threatened, in the boast of Secretary of State William Seward, to \"wrap the world in flames.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this masterfully told story, Christopher Dickey introduces Consul Bunch as a key figure in the pitched battle between those who wished to reopen the floodgates of bondage and misery, and those who wished to dam the tide forever. Featuring a remarkable cast of diplomats, journalists, senators, and spies, \u003ci\u003eOur Man in Charleston\u003c\/i\u003e captures the intricate, intense relationship between great powers on the brink of war.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author \u003cb\u003eCHRISTOPHER DICKEY\u003c\/b\u003e, the foreign editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast, \u003c\/i\u003eis\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebased in France. Previously he was the Paris bureau chief and Middle East editor for \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e. He served as Cairo bureau chief for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and, before that, as the paper's Central America bureau chief. His books include the acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eSummer of Deliverance \u003c\/i\u003eas well as \u003ci\u003eSecuring the City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExpats, With the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eContras\u003c\/i\u003e, and two novels about espionage and terrorism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754197844256,"sku":"9780307887283","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ba2f159f1248af5110eb09a0f7d2c7d7.webp?v=1780035520","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/our-man-in-charleston-britains-secret-agent-in-the-civil-war-south-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}