White Doves at Morning - Brossura

Burke, James Lee

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0743466624 ISBN 13: 9780743466622

Casa editrice: Pocket Star, 2004

Riassunto

A riveting evocation of the Civil War, drawn from the true family history of "America's best novelist" (The Denver Post), JAMES LEE BURKE

1861. Two young Southerners, friends despite their differing political views and backgrounds, enlist in the 18th Louisiana regiment of the Confederate Army: Robert Perry, wealthy and privileged, and irreverent Willie Burke, the son of Irish immigrants, face the trials of battle and find redemption in the love of a passionate and committed abolitionist, Abigail Downing, and in the courageous struggle of Flower Jamison, a beautiful slave. Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, and penetrating a landscape of shattering Civil War bloodshed as few novels have, this epic from an American literary giant endows readers with the gift of experiencing the past through new eyes, while its timeless prose style -- at once luminous and brutal -- ensures the legacy of this bloodiest of conflicts will never be lost.

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Recensione:

People [A] Civil War blockbuster....Extraordinary.

The Washington Post Book World Violent, lyrical, and engrossing....The man has a touch of the poet in him.

L'autore:

James Lee Burke, a rare winner of two Edgar Awards, and named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, is the author of thirty-one previous novels and two collections of short stories, including such New York Times bestsellers as The Glass Rainbow, Swan Peak, The Tin Roof Blowdown, Last Car to Elysian Fields, and Rain Gods. He lives in Missoula, Montana.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Pocket Star
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0743466624
• ISBN 13: 9780743466622
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 448