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Jane Armstrong Tucker was a Boston stenographer scrabbling to get by as a single woman in the Gilded Age, until she was offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance. Madeleine Pollard was a Kentuckian with humble roots who had used charisma to work her way into the parlors of the Washington, DC, elite.…
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Jane Armstrong Tucker worked as a Boston stenographer. She struggled to get by in the Gilded Age until she was offered a job as a spy. (How many of us would like a gig like that?)
This is based on a true story. Jane became Agnes, an under cover agent who delved into a society scandal among the Washington, D.C. elite. Her target was the former mistress of a congressman.
This true story reads like a great detective novel.
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