Varina : a novel
Frazier, Charles, 1950-2018
Books, Manuscripts
Find it!
With her marriage prospects ruined in the wake of her father's financial decline, teenage Varina Howell decides her best option is to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects a life of security as a Mississippi landowner. When he instead pursues a career in politics and is appointed President of the Confederacy, it puts Varina at the white-hot centre of one of the darkest moments in American history - culpable regardless of her intentions. As the Confederacy prepares to surrender and she finds herself friendless and alone, Varina and her children escape Richmond.
Main title:
Varina : a novel / Charles Frazier.
Author:
Frazier, Charles, 1950-, author
Imprint:
London : Sceptre, 2018.
Collation:
356 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781473686137 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6HFAF
LC class:
PS3556.R3599
Local class:
FTFICF
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2286313