Spy, or a story about the neutral territory in 2 volumes

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 cut, stained, painted with natural dyes resistant to abrasion, with dyeing. The Spy, or the Tale of the Neutral Territory is the novel by James Fenimor Cooper, published in 1821, the second in his creative biography and the first of the novels based on American material. The effect of the "spy" takes place during the war for independence. The main character is Garvie Burch, a modest American who impersonates the usual merchant, but in fact 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 Danwood"s continental army. 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 (the son of Major and Francis) learns from the truth about the work of Burcha, who was found under the note