Book review: George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved America

This book tells us about a little known team of spies that helped Patriots to win the war against the British. To quote the book George Washington did not out battle the British he out spied them.

The six brave spies in the book (5 men and 1 woman) were so secret that we would have not known about them if George Washington did not keep their letters. This group of amateur spies came up with the methods of spying that are still used today - dead drops, back stories, code names, secret codes. The book describes how they invented these technique learning from mistakes and near calls of collecting information. This is the type of the book that makes learning about history so much fun.

I listened to the audio version of this book. It is read by the author, Brian Kimeade. He reads with a lot of passion and is well spoken, but he is a fast talker. It did not make the book less enjoyable, but I listen to an audio books a lot and this is something that jumped out at me.

You can find it on Amazon by following this link.


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