Alexander Rose Talks about Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy

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Written By Michael Zeldin
Join Michael in his conversation with Alexander Rose about his new The Lion and the Fox, Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy

Join me in my conversation with Alexander Rose about his new book, The Lion and the Fox: Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy, which tells a fascinating story of a Liverpool-based spy v. spy struggle between two Americans to build and defeat the building of a Confederate Navy which, if successful, surely could have changed the outcome of the Civil War.

About the Guest

Alexander Rose is the author of Washington’s Spies (the basis for the AMC drama series, Turn: Washington’s Spies, on which he served as a writer/producer), Empires of the Sky, Men of War, and several other nonfiction books. His latest is The Lion and the Fox, and he’s currently working on his seventh book—about a World War Two spymaster and a rogue Navy captain who together audaciously sought to capture a U-boat. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020 and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He writes the historical-intelligence newsletter, Spionage, at Substack.

Michael Zeldin

Michael Zeldin is a well-known and highly-regarded TV and radio analyst/commentator.He has covered many high-profile matters, including the Clinton impeachment proceedings, the Gore v. Bush court challenges, Special Counsel Robert Muller’s investigation of interference in the 2016 presidential election, and the Trump impeachment proceedings. In 2019, Michael was a Resident Fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he taught a study group on Independent Investigations of Presidents. Previously, Michael was a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice. He also served as Deputy Independent/ Independent Counsel, investigating allegations of tampering with presidential candidate Bill Clinton’s passport files, and as Deputy Chief Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, Foreign Affairs Committee, October Surprise Task Force, investigating the handling of the American hostage situation in Iran.Michael is a prolific writer and has published Op-ed pieces for CNN.com, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Hill, The Washington Times, and The Washington Post

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