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The Jackal's Mistress: A Novel Audiobook

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Read By: Chris Bohjalian, Marni Penning Publisher: Random House Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: March 2025 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9798217018697

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

33

Longest Chapter Length:

33:30 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

15 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

17:16 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

26

Publisher Description

In this Civil War love story, inspired by a real-life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she’s willing to risk for the life of a stranger, from the New York Times bestselling author of such acclaimed historical fiction as Hour of the Witch and The Sandcastle Girls.

Virginia, 1864—Libby Steadman’s husband has been away for so long that she can barely conjure his voice in her dreams. While she longs for him in the night, fearing him dead in a Union prison camp, her days are spent running a gristmill with her teenage niece, a hired hand, and his wife, all the grain they can produce requisitioned by the Confederate Army. It’s an uneasy life in the Shenandoah Valley, the territory frequently changing hands, control swinging back and forth like a pendulum between North and South, and Libby awakens every morning expecting to see her land a battlefield. 

And then she finds a gravely injured Union officer left for dead in a neighbor’s house, the bones of his hand and leg shattered. Captain Jonathan Weybridge of the Vermont Brigade is her enemy—but he’s also a human being, and Libby must make a terrible decision: Does she leave him to die alone? Or does she risk treason and try to nurse him back to health? And if she succeeds, does she try to secretly bring him across Union lines, where she might negotiate a trade for news of her own husband? 

A vivid and sweeping story of two people navigating the boundaries of love and humanity in a landscape of brutal violence, The Jackal’s Mistress is a heart-stopping new novel, based on a largely unknown piece of American history, from one of our greatest storytellers.

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"This page-turner from bestselling Bohjalian…will not disappoint fans of American Civil War narratives. The vividly drawn characters and historical details make for a compelling read."

— Library Journal, Starred Review

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  • A masterful yarn...A compelling story about two people who long for their spouses in a time of war.

    — Kirkus, Starred Review
  • A masterful yarn...A compelling story about two people who long for their spouses in a time of war.

    — Kirkus, Starred Review
  • "Bohjalian skillfully rachets up the tension....Readers will be glued to the page.

    — Publishers Weekly
  • Propulsive and tense with each plot turn....A flawless novel, emotional and poignant while showing humanity in all its good and evil during war.

    — The Historical Novel Society
  • This page-turner from bestselling Bohjalian…will not disappoint fans of American Civil War narratives. The vividly drawn characters and historical details make for a compelling read.

    — Library Journal, Starred Review
  • “Elegant, poignant, and richly atmospheric....Bohjalian once again demonstrates his profound respect for women, endowing his female protagonists with depth and nuance.

    — Booklist, Starred Review

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About Chris Bohjalian

Chris Bohjalian is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-four books, including The Flight Attendant, which has been made into an HBO Max limited series. His novels Secrets of Eden, Midwives, and Past the Bleachers were made into movies. His work has been translated into more than thirty- five languages. He is also a playwright  He can be found at chrisbohjalian.com or on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Litsy, and Goodreads.