Prides Captive [Paperback]

Mary Daheim (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) (March 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380898497
• ISBN-13: 978-0380898497
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,549,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great civil war history but...., January 27, 2005

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stacey renee (rochester new york) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prides Captive (Paperback)

This book had several "main"characters and the plot went back and forth, forth and back. It was actually tedious reading and after awhile I got pretty annoyed with our 'hero' and heroine.
Northern tycoon Marcus Farrar is used to having his own way and manipulating everyone to suit his purposes. So he arranges a marriage for daughter, Serena, to Brant Parnell, a sea captain who can help him recoup his financial losses. Serena opposes as she wants to become a newspaper woman and hates her father manipulating her. Various things happen and she eventually winds up married to Brant to save her reputation. Rejected by his bride, Brant returns to the sea and Serena goes about establishing her paper. However it's in the south and the war's brewing. A yankee woman in confederate territory writing about the war easily was a target for harm. The story has great civil war info. as the characters link the southern relatives with the northern relatives and have kinfolk fighting on both sides. Serena's cousin abigail, a very level headed woman, finds herself married to a confederate and running a hospital for all soldiers. Racial lines are drawn as sister Cecelia marries a half black man. And of course there are the maniacal Stanbroke brothers who are evil whereever they are and for some reason they enjoy tormenting abigail and serena. Unweaving the characters and the plot became tedious but most of all serena became downright annoying as she went from saucy and independent to downright argumentative and nasty. Never was sure what Brant saw in her. Brant was the 'Rhett" of the piece..and fitted the role nicely but a tad short on communicating! If u run across it, give it a read, but if you have to search for it, don't bother.