Ann Bates

People December 1, 2014 August 28, 2016

Ann Bates: British Spy Extraordinaire

by Christian 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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