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Varina (Hardcover)
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Varina (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R514
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You Save R108 (17%)
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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? 'Riveting...this is a sharp, evocative novel' -
Publishers Weekly '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. As the Confederacy prepares to surrender and she finds
herself friendless and alone, Varina and her children escape
Richmond. With her marriage in tatters and the country divided,
they travel south, now fugitives with 'bounties on their heads, an
entire nation in pursuit'.
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