In the late 1800s, playwright and actor William Gillette captivated American theater audiences with his dramatic portrayal of a daring Civil War plot to gain access to a Confederate telegraph office, which is considered to be one of the most suspenseful wartime plays ever staged in the United States. Drawing on his own extensive experience as a chronicler of wartime exploits, novelist Cyrus Townsend Brady expands the play into novel form.
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- Title
- Contents
- Preface
- BOOK I - WHAT HAPPENED AT EIGHT O'CLOCK
- Chapter I - The Battery Passes
- Chapter II - A Commission from the President
- Chapter III - Orders to Captain Thorne
- Chapter IV - Miss Mitford's Intervention
- Chapter V - The Unfaithful Servant
- Chapter VI - The Confidence of Edith Varney
- BOOK II - WHAT HAPPENED AT NINE O'CLOCK
- Chapter VII - Wilfred Writes a Letter
- Chapter VIII - Edith is Forced to Play the Game
- Chapter IX - The Shot that Killed
- BOOK III - WHAT HAPPENED AT TEN O'CLOCK
- Chapter X - Caroline Mitford Writes a Despatch
- Chapter XI - Mr. Arrelsford Again Interposes
- Chapter XII - Thorne Takes Charge of the Telegraph Office
- Chapter XIII - The Tables Are Turned
- Chapter XIV - The Call of the Key
- Chapter XV - Love and Duty at the Touch
- BOOK IV - WHAT HAPPENED AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK
- Chapter XVI - The Tumult in Human Hearts
- Chapter XVII - Wilfred Plays the Man
- Chapter XVIII - Captain Thorne Justifies Himself
- Chapter XIX - The Drumhead Court-Martial
- Chapter XX - The Last Reprieve
- Afterword
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