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Berkley
August 2009
On Sale: August 4, 2009
512 pages
ISBN: 0425228460
EAN: 9780425228463
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Non-Fiction
An acclaimed, sweeping historical novel set during the
Civil War, with one steadfast couple at its core. It is 1859, and Hugh and Serena Hallam have left
Charleston society behind to build a new life for
themselves and their three children in the near-wilderness
of West Tennessee. War may loom on the horizon, but life
at their farm, Palmyra, is good, both for their family and—
so they convince themselves— their slaves. Young and
idealistic, torn between their ambivalence toward slavery
and their love of the land, they keep hope that goodwill
might yet prevail against the growing hostility dividing
the two Americas. But soon, events will move the Hallams'
entire world toward destruction, sweeping Hugh into battle
while stranding Serena at a besieged Palmyra. Their values
will be tested on the battlefield and at home and in the
end only their passionate and enduring love for one
another will sustain them as they face the war that
transforms a nation.
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