In the Washington of the 1840s, the young secretary to John C. Calhoun is sent on a secret errand as Britain and the United States quarrel over Texas and the Oregon country. His mission tangles him with the Baroness Helena von Ritz, a foreign agent of mysterious loyalties, while President Polk’s men cry for all of Oregon.
A 1909 political romance that makes a boundary dispute into a contest of nerves and charm. Download the free EPUB.
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