The book"The Spy in Crinoline"

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"The Spy in Crinoline" is a compelling story about Antonia Ford, who lived at the important American Civil War crossroads of Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia, found it impossible to be a neutral bystander during the conflict between the states. Initially, as the oldest child in a prosperous secessionist family, Antonia passes important information on troop movements to her friends in the Confederate army. When she is thrown in prison for spying, circumstances place her together with a handsome man she admires, Major Joseph Willard, a Union officer. Her prison ordeal and being sent South draw them closer to each other, and Willard, who has fallen in love with her, becomes her rescuer.
About the author:
Karla Vernon grew up in Adelphi, Maryland and graduated with a B.S. degree in Medical Technology from Medical College of Virginia. She has lived in Fairfax County since 1985. Karla first learned about The American Civil War spy, Antonia Ford, from the exhibit in the Fairfax Museum in 2004. She felt compelled to put into book form the never told before fictional account of Antonia Ford’s life. After one year of research and writing, her first novel, The Spy in Crinoline, was published in April 2006 by Heritage Books, Inc. Two of her great-great-grandfathers fought for the North in the Maryland Infantry Volunteers

“Karla Vernon has done a prodigious job of research and combined it with a romantic imagination to make a fascinating novel about love and war.”
--Ernest B. Furgurson, author of “Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War”

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