Varina
Автор:
Charles FrazierЖанр:
Старинная литература: Прочее;Серия:
3Дата добавления:
2020-08-15Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
98
**Sooner or later, history asks, which side were you on?** **In his powerful new novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold Mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil War**Her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects the secure life of a Mississippi landowner. Davis instead pursues a career in politics and is eventually appointed president of the Confederacy, placing Varina at the white-hot center of one of the darkest moments in American history--culpable regardless of her intentions.The Confederacy falling, her marriage in tatters, and the country divided, Varina and her children escape Richmond and travel south on their own, now fugitives with...
