Book Title: Varina /Bp**
ISBN: 9781473686168
By Author(s):FRAZIER CHARLES
By Publisher:HODDER UK
Format:PB
The new novel from the number one bestselling author of Cold Mountain - a stunning portrait of the devastation left by the American Civil War, as seen through the eyes of a woman who played a part at the heart of it.
Sooner or later, history asks: which side were you on?
'Moving' Sunday Times
'Here's a woman of the Civil War to outshine Scarlett O'Hara' The Times
'Beneath the chilling, photogenic story, the writing remains beautiful' - Independent
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.