Better Angels: A Kate Warne Adventure

author: Jeff Jensen
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2022/02/20
date added: 2022/02/20
shelves: graphic-novels, non-fiction
review:
'Better Angels: A Kate Warne Adventure' by Jeff Jensen with art by George Schall is a graphic novel that tells the true story of a woman detective that saved Abraham Lincoln's life.

Kate Warne convinces Allan Pinkerton to hire her as a detective because she is a woman and women at this time in history were largely ignored and could make excellent spies. Kate builds her group of detectives, then is brought to Baltimore to spy on a plot to assassinate newly elected President Lincoln in an attempt by the confederates to replace the US president with Jefferson Davis, a confederate one.

This is a rip-roaring story once it gets going. Part of the problem is that it moves back and forth in time a bit and that is confusing. Amazing art by George Schall has a lithographic/daguerreotype style of the time this story takes place. It is a really good read and tells of a little known woman in history that should be better known.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from BOOM! Studios, Archaia, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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