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By: Beverly Swerling
Set against the dramatic backdrop of America’s during the War of 1812, Beverly Swerling’s gripping and intricately plotted sequel to the much-loved City of Dreams plunges deep into the crowded streets of old New York.
When Joyful Patrick Turner—dashing war hero and brilliant surgeon—loses his hand to a British shell, he retreats to private life and looks to make his fortune in the China trade. To succeed he must run the British blockade; if he fails, he will lose not only a livelihood, but the beautiful Manon, daughter of a Huguenot jeweler who will not accept a pauper as a son-in-law.
But when stories of a lost treasure and a mysterious diamond draw him into a treacherous maze of deceit and double-cross, and the British set Washington ablaze, Joyful realizes that more than his personal future is at stake. His adversary, Gornt Blakeman, has a lust for power that will not be sated until he claims Joyful’s fiancée as his wife and half a nation as his personal fiefdom. Like the Turners before him, Joyful must choose between his dreams or his country.
Vivid and captivating, City of Glory is a stirring adventure that deftly interweaves the historical and political events of the War of 1812 with the tale of a group of men and women whose ambition and sagacity lay the foundation for New York’s rise to one of the greatest cities in the world.
Set against the dramatic backdrop of America’s during the War of 1812, Beverly Swerling’s gripping and intricately plotted sequel to the much-loved City of Dreams plunges deep into the crowded streets of old New York.
When Joyful Patrick Turner—dashing war hero and brilliant surgeon—loses his hand to a British shell, he retreats to private life and looks to make his fortune in the China trade. To succeed he must run the British blockade; if he fails, he will lose not only a livelihood, but the beautiful Manon, daughter of a Huguenot jeweler who will not accept a pauper as a son-in-law.
But when stories of a lost treasure and a mysterious diamond draw him into a treacherous maze of deceit and double-cross, and the British set Washington ablaze, Joyful realizes that more than his personal future is at stake. His adversary, Gornt Blakeman, has a lust for power that will not be sated until he claims Joyful’s fiancée as his wife and half a nation as his personal fiefdom. Like the Turners before him, Joyful must choose between his dreams or his country.
Vivid and captivating, City of Glory is a stirring adventure that deftly interweaves the historical and political events of the War of 1812 with the tale of a group of men and women whose ambition and sagacity lay the foundation for New York’s rise to one of the greatest cities in the world.