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This is the first of my female spies books. I was drawn to this one because Celia is a seamstress and I was interested to see how the spying was woven in. It depicted things about the southern states during the American Revolution that I hadn‘t thought about. I was disappointed in the amount of spying involved, but I liked the story very much. It seemed as if it could be true. #100YEARS100BOOKS #67 #BookSpinBingo #24 #BFC21

I loved this tale of Celia Garth Revolutionary War Spy that I first read as a teenager. Was so excited when I found a copy at garage sale in my 20s. #starsandstripes #jubilantjuly @RealLifeReading

While this technically was a reread, since it's probably 50 years since I first read it, it felt like new. I was surprised by how much came back to me. I can't think of any other historical fiction that I've read that's set during the Revolutionary War. This felt well researched and is definitely well written, although the ending is just a bit off, as if the author wasn't quite sure how to conclude it. Recommended.

#currentread I picked this up on a Kindle special, and started reading it the other day. Then I realized that I had read it in high school. My parents had it in hardback, and it must have been one of the first historical fiction books I ever read. Still good, but it shows its age. Set in and near Charleston during the Revolutionary War, black characters are referred to as "colored." It's a long time since I've seen that.