Spy (compound in 2 volumes). Cooper J.

A luxuriously decorated gift edition in binding made of genuine leather with silk lies. The cover is decorated with gold and pancake embossing. A tripartite sawn -out, stained with natural dyes resistant to abrasion, with dyeing.

“A spy, or a story about a neutral territory” is the novel by James Fenimore Cooper, published in 1821; The second in his creative biography and the first of the novels based on American material.

the action of the "spy" occurs during the war for independence. The main character is Garvie Burch, a modest American who impersonates the usual merchant, and actually collecting military information for the continental army in the territories controlled by the British troops. In addition, the novel depicts the family of wealthy landowners of the Wartons, who sympathize with the British, but their youngest daughter Francis is in love with the Major of the Continental Army Danvudi. At the end of the book, Danwoody marries Francis, and Burch meets Washington and rejects the award proposed to him. He dies thirty years later in the next war with the British, and Captain Danwoody (son of Major and Francis) learns from the truth about the activity of Burcha.