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The Jackal's Mistress
The Jackal's Mistress: A Novel | Chris Bohjalian
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In this Civil War love story, inspired by a real-life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what shes willing to risk for the life of a stranger, from the New York Times bestselling author of such acclaimed historical fiction as Hour of the Witch and The Sandcastle Girls. Virginia, 1864Libby Steadmans husband has been away for so long that she can barely conjure his voice in her dreams. While she longs for him in the night, fearing him dead in a Union prison camp, her days are spent running a gristmill with her teenage niece, a hired hand, and his wife, all the grain they can produce requisitioned by the Confederate Army. Its an uneasy life in the Shenandoah Valley, the territory frequently changing hands, control swinging back and forth like a pendulum between North and South, and Libby awakens every morning expecting to see her land a battlefield. And then she finds a gravely injured Union officer left for dead in a neighbors house, the bones of his hand and leg shattered. Captain Jonathan Weybridge of the Vermont Brigade is her enemy but hes also a human being, and Libby must make a terrible decision: Does she leave him to die alone? Or does she risk treason and try to nurse him back to health? And if she succeeds, does she try to secretly bring him across Union lines, where she might negotiate a trade for news of her own husband? A vivid and sweeping story of two people navigating the boundaries of love and humanity in a landscape of brutal violence, The Jackals Mistress is a heart-stopping new novel, based on a largely unknown piece of American history, from one of our greatest storytellers.
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This is an actual Civil War “invalid feeder cup” beside an advance copy of my Civil War Romeo and Juliet, THE JACKAL‘S MISTRESS. One of the main characters is a Union officer who might have depended on such a device after being gravely wounded in 1864. (I love the research.) The novel arrives March 11 from doubledaybooks and has a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating after 50 reviews on NetGalley. Color me grateful!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Congratulations 🎊🎉 3d
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kspenmoll Congrats! 🎈🎊 3d
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marleed Oh congrats! I anxiously await a new book from you. I love the varied paths your stories go! 3d
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Want your copy of THE JACKAL‘S MISTRESS signed or personalized? Call the Vermont Book Shop at (802) 388-2061 or visit their web site! My cursive is very good! Preorder the
@doubledaybooks
novel this week at https://www.vermontbookshop.com/book/9780385547642 !

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Been signing thousands (and thousands) of tip-ins so there are plenty of signed books in stores in March. Also, I always sign with interesting inks and fountain pens: I take my time because I care about all of you and want my signed books to feel special.

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Want to win one of twenty (20!) advance copies of my March novel, THE JACKAL‘S MISTRESS, a Civil War Romeo and Juliet? @DoubledayBooks is giving away a bunch on Goodreads right now. Click here:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/396966-the-jackal-s-mistress

Graciouswarriorprincess I can‘t wait to read it! 2mo
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This is fun! doubledaybooks and Goodreads are right now giving away twenty (20!) advance copies of THE JACKAL‘S MISTRESS, my Civil War Romeo and Juliet, inspired by a true story! The novel arrives in March, but click below to try and win one this fall. (U.S. residents only. Apologies to my friends around the world.) https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/396966-the-jackal-s-mistress

MonicaLoves2Read It sounds very interesting! 2mo
ChrisBohjalian @Monica5 Thank you. I hope so! 📚 2mo
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I want all my friends here to know: today only, at bn.com you can preorder my March novel, THE JACKAL'S MISTRESS, at 25% off. Use PREORDER25 at checkout. Includes the hardcover, large print, eBook, and audios! Click here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-jackals-mistress-chris-bohjalian/1145791085...

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THE JACKAL'S MISTRESS, my 25th novel, is coming March 11 ! Look at @DoubledayBooks gorgeous cover! 

Inspired by a dangerous true story, the tale follows the wife of a missing Confederate soldier who discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she‘s willing to risk for the life of a stranger. My return to such historical fiction as Hour of the Witch and The Sandcastle Girls!

LiteraryinPA Congratulations!! 3mo
ChrisBohjalian @LiteraryinLawrence Why thank you! 📚 3mo
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