Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War is a historical fiction novel by American author Abbott Kahler.
[2][3] Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy follows four women's stories throughout the American Civil War era - Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Belle Boyd, Emma Edmondson, Elizabeth Van Lew.
[5] Emma Edmondson was brought up by a father who wished for a son instead of a daughter.
[2] To escape an arranged marriage to an older neighbor, Emma fled and joined the Union Army under an alias as a man - Private Frank Thompson.
[6] In 2023, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy was listed as one of the banned books in the Frisco Independent School District.