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Touchstone
September 2007
On Sale: September 18, 2007
464 pages
ISBN: 1416564241
EAN: 9781416564249
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Historical | Fiction Family Life
Filled with historic details of the time, Fire Bell in
the Night explores the explosive tension between North
and South, black and white, that gripped Charleston, South
Carolina, in the summer of 1850. Geoffrey S. Edwards's first
novel tells the story of New York Tribune reporter
John Sharp, sent to cover the capital trial of Darcy
Calhoun, a farmer who stands accused of harboring a fugitive
slave. As the trial begins, John quickly realizes that
not everything is as it appears in the genteel city of
Charleston. A series of mysterious fires in white
establishments brings the state militia, a curfew for the
black population, and rising tension at the courthouse. To
unravel the city's secrets, Sharp must enter Charleston's
plantation society, where he is befriended by Tyler
Breckenridge, owner of the Willowby plantation, and his
beautiful sister Clio. Set against the backdrop of a
nation headed toward civil war, Fire Bell in the
Night is a page-turning account of a trial and one young
reporter's efforts to discover the truth.
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