In the Rogue Blood e-bog
76,81 DKK
(inkl. moms 96,01 DKK)
"e;Powerful. . . impressive. . . [an] epic of the 1840s frontier."e; Dallas Morning NewsWith soaring and masterful prose, James Carlos Blake brings to life an enthralling historical time and placeand a cast of memorable charactersin a stunning tale of dark instinct, blood reckoning, and fates forged in the zeal of America's "e;Manifest Destiny."e;The offspring of a whore mother ...
E-bog
76,81 DKK
Forlag
Harper Perennial
Udgivet
10 juli 2012
Genrer
Fiction: general and literary
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780062227843
"e;Powerful. . . impressive. . . [an] epic of the 1840s frontier."e; Dallas Morning NewsWith soaring and masterful prose, James Carlos Blake brings to life an enthralling historical time and placeand a cast of memorable charactersin a stunning tale of dark instinct, blood reckoning, and fates forged in the zeal of America's "e;Manifest Destiny."e;The offspring of a whore mother and a homicidal father, Edward and John Little are driven from their home in the Florida swamplands by a scheming parent's treacheries, and by a shameful, horrific act that will haunt their dreams for the rest of their days. Joining the swelling ranks of the rootlesswandering across an almost surreal bloodland populated by the sorrowfully lost and defiantly damnedtwo brothers are separated by death and circumstance in the lawless "e;Dixie City"e; of New Orleans, and dispatched by destiny to opposing sides in a fierce and desperate territorial struggled between Mexico and the United States. And a family bond tempered in hot blood is tested in the cruel, all-consuming fires of war and conscience.