City of Promise: A Novel of New York's Gilded Age
by Beverly Swerling
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- ISBN 13
- 9781439136966
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Simon & Schuster, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mark on text block otherwise tight and unread.214 x 140 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book. A vivid tableau of 1870s Manhattan (Entertainment Weekly), City of Promise continues Beverly Swerling s acclaimed epic saga as New York emerges from the Civil War into the Gilded Age--a city marked by soaring expansion and dazzling glamour. Beverly Swerling s epic saga continues as New York emerges from the Civil War into the Gilded Age--a city marked by soaring expansion and teeming with unbridled ambition and dazzling glamour. Joshua Turner returns home from the war with only one leg yet determined to make his fortune. He aspires to build the city s first apartment houses for Everyman, a daring vision that will make him the city s first real estate titan but attracts the attention of a shadowy figure from his past. Mollie Brannigan, raised by her Auntie Eileen in the toniest bordello in town, is resigned at age twenty-two to spinsterhood. Then Joshua finds her at Macy s, the city s largest emporium, and takes her coaching in Central Park. In his love Mollie finds a world of possibilities, but a secret Eileen thought left behind in Ireland will force Mollie to employ all her wits to protect not just her chance at happiness but her life. Vividly imagined and awash in period detail, City of Promise delivers not only suspense and intrigue, daring plot twists and bitter rivalries, but also the captivating love story of two people struggling to forge their own destiny
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- Bookseller
- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE (CA)
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- Title
- City of Promise: A Novel of New York's Gilded Age
- Author
- Beverly Swerling
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 6
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1439136963
- ISBN 13
- 9781439136966
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Date Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 448
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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