From American master James Lee Burke comes a novel set in Civil
War-era Louisiana as the South transforms and a brilliant cast of
characters - enslaved and free women, plantation gentry, and
battle-weary Confederate and Union soldiers - are caught in the
maelstrom In the fall of 1863, the Union army is in control of the
Mississippi river. Much of Louisiana, including New Orleans and
Baton Rouge, is occupied. The Confederate army is in disarray,
corrupt structures are falling apart, and enslaved men and women
are beginning to glimpse freedom. When Hannah Laveau, an enslaved
woman working on the Lufkin plantation, is accused of murder, she
goes on the run with Florence Milton, an abolitionist
schoolteacher, dodging the local constable and the slavecatchers
that prowl the bayous. Wade Lufkin, haunted by what he
observed--and did--as a surgeon on the battlefield, has returned to
his uncle's plantation to convalesce, where he becomes enraptured
by Hannah. Flags on the Bayou is an engaging, action-packed
narrative that includes a duel that ends in disaster, a brutal
encounter with the local Union commander, repeated skirmishes with
Confederate irregulars led by a diseased and probably deranged
colonel, and a powerful story of love blossoming between an
unlikely pair. As the story unfolds, it illuminates a past that
reflects our present in sharp relief. James Lee Burke, whose
"evocative prose remains a thing of reliably fierce wonder"
(Entertainment Weekly), expertly renders the rich Louisiana
landscape, from the sunsets on the Mississippi River to the dingy
saloons of New Orleans to the tree-lined shores of the bayou and
the cottonmouth snakes that dwell in its depths. Powerful and
deeply moving, Flags on the Bayou is a story of tragic acts of war,
class divisions upended, and love enduring through it all.
General
Imprint: |
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
Authors: |
James Lee Burke
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Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8021-6169-7 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-8021-6169-3 |
Barcode: |
9780802161697 |
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