A vicar's daughter became the founding mother of modern Belgian nursing, but the outbreak of the First World War would change her life forever.

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If you ever find yourself in need of someone to help you dig up a dead body - Elizabeth Van Lew is your woman. As the US Civil War reaches its bloody climax, Elizabeth rises to the occasion turning the Richmond Underground into an intelligence machine. She played a significant role in winning the war, but it would cost her dearly.

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Against an outpouring of support for the new Confederacy, Elizabeth begins her journey as a spy, establishes the Richmond Underground and helps enable one of the biggest prison breaks of the war.

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Wealthy, well-connected people rarely rebel - but Southern socialite Elizabeth van Lew would be an exception.

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Revolutionary heroes can come from anywhere - and Colombia found one in their seamstress spy, Policarpa Salavarietta

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With her beloved king in custody, Jane does everything in her power to break him out of captivity.

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Fleeing an unhappy marriage and filled with royalist fervour, a young Scottish courtier spies, smuggles and embezzled for her king during the English Civil War

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While the image of the spy is often a suave man in a tuxedo - the history of espionage is populated by a number of talented and courageous female spies.

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Cixi was on the sidelines, but a bungled attempt at reform and a disastrous war with Japan would bring her back once again.

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