Ann Bates

People December 1, 2014 August 28, 2016

Ann Bates: British Spy Extraordinaire

by Christian M. McBurney

With the recent popularity of spies in the Revolutionary War, led by AMC’s TURN cable television series and the bestselling book George Washington’s Secret…

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