As America plunges headlong into the Civil War, Lizzie Desmond and Adam Thorpe finds that the lessons they learned in love and honor on the Yorkshire moors are put to the test. Reprint. LJ. PW. K.
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From Publishers Weekly
Stewart ( The Glitter and the Gold ) here serves up another high-spirited tale. Sweeping in its scope, if lacking somewhat in depth, the adventure follows its main characters through a host of dramatic settings. In mid-Victorian England, 18-year-old Adam Thorne and Lizzie Desmond are passionately in love and plan to marry until destiny separates them: Adam unexpectedly inherits an earldom; Lizzie accidentally kills her father and is forced to flee. Lizzie is launched on an odyssey through Paris and the court of Napoleon III; to Civil War Virginia, where she succeeds in freeing the slaves of her ogreish planter husband; back to England; and, finally, to the New York of the robber barons. Adam, meanwhile, sets out for India where he becomes a hero in the Indian Mutiny of 1857, returns to England to a marriage of convenience, and launches a daring career as a Tory politician. But the two never forget each other, and their undying love is the tentpole around which Stewart hangs a fast-paced, colorful plot replete with historical detail. Although the dialogue is sometimes anachronistic and Stewart's use of stereotypical dialect for the black characters seems gratuitous, overall this is an entertaining read in the freewheeling, romantic tradition.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
In the Victorian countryside, irresistible Lizzie, daughter of a sin-obsessed vicar, and Adam, the poor but nobly connected local "hunk," consummate their love. Despite Lizzie's pregnancy and a favorable upturn in Adam's fortunes, circumstances drive the two apart into liaisons with others and heroic adventures on several continents--adventures which underscore the great events and issues of the 1850s and 1860s. Backdrops include British stately homes, Napoleon III's Paris, antebellum Virginia, Civil War battlefields, and New York's worlds of theater and high finance. Stewart's characters, of every national and racial origin, are unconvincing as human beings and unsympathetic. His women are sex objects and/or ninnies, angling for monied protectors. Yet plot elements such as family secrets, adultery, blackmail, murder, politics, religious fanaticism, and nonstop lust are adeptly orchestrated by this best-selling author. This is a colorful package that will find many takers.
- Libby K. White, Schenectady Cty. P.L., N.Y.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Libby K. White, Schenectady Cty. P.L., N.Y.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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I've had this book lying around the house for many years, and never got around to actually reading. I assumed it would be one of those novels that is short in its pages, but would take forever to plow through. I was quite wrong. Not being much of a fan of Victorian era England (or per chance, Regency), I was surprised to enjoy the English parts when they popped up.I did, however, subtract a rating star because of all the plotline in India. These parts seemed to drag on and on, and I didn't much see the point in having them in the book anyhow. Don't be fooled by the cover. A little less than half of the book deals with America and the Civil War. I was disappointed that there wasn't more of the antebellum south in Pomp & Circumstance, but the rest of the story (minus India) more than makes up for the lack of detail in this area. Bottom line: A book definately worth reading and recommending.
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Mildly entertaining,
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Entertaing novel about star-crossed lovers who experience a vast array of events in England, America and India. The two protagnonists are charming, but not very interesting and the plot is well paced, but somewhat lacks credibility. Yet, the author's take on the Indian Rebellion of 1857 is shoddily written. He should have done more research on India during this period.
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A delightful journey!,
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THIS BOOK WAS SUPERB.FRED MUSTARD STEWART MAKES US BELIEVE IN HIS CHARACTERS.THEY ARE SO REAL,SO TRUE.IT HIS A SPECTACULAR JOURNEY IN TIME.I JUST COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN.FRED MUSTARD STEWART IS ENCHANTING.ALL OF HIS BOOKS ARE ADDICTIVE,GIVE IT A TRY YOU'LL SIMPLY FALL IN LOVE WITH THEM.
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