ROMANTIC LADY

by Alice Walworth Graham ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

Natchez, before and during the Civil War, and Paris, of the Exposition, the Empire and the Franco-Prussian War -- these are the backgrounds for Anna Carew, for whom the South was her whole world and after that -- a whole-hearted following of her romantic dreams. Her early intent was for her daring, darkly dashing cousin, Edward Lestrange, and it was her testimony which cleared him of the murder of his half-brother but when Ned vanished to the West, she married English Norman only to discover that behind his correct and beautiful exterior there was only expediency and smugness. When he would not fight for the Confederacy, she found Ned again, and through letters -- and one dream-like week -- they lived their love. But with divorce from Norman, Ned's death, and defeat from the North, Anna exiled herself to Paris where she found Robert Damier, a wealthy English Catholic and the conflict of their affairs against his church and career was resolved when her daughter (by Norman) had to be considered. Robert's marriage and Anna's bad heart write off a dedication to lost causes and a storm of war and passion. Shall we waltz, or drift, in proper decor, down the turbulent stream of history?

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Publisher: Doubleday

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1952

Categories: FICTION