Thomas Keneally

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American Scoundrel: Love, War and Politics in Civil War AmericaCompact Disc, 5 March 2012

American Scoundrel: Love, War and Politics in Civil War America
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Language
English
Publisher
Bolinda Audio
Date Published
5 Mar 2012
ISBN-10
1743107870
ISBN-13
9781743107874

Description

On the last, cold Sunday of February 1859, Daniel Sickles shot his wife's lover in Washington's Lafayette Square, just across from the White House...this is the story of that killing and its repercussions.

Thomas Keneally brilliantly recreates an extraordinary period, when women were punished for violating codes of society that did not bind men. And the caddish, good-looking Dan Sickles personifies the extremes of the era: as a womaniser, he introduced his favourite madam to Queen Victoria while his wife stayed at home; as minister to Spain, he began an affair with the queen while courting one of her ladies in waiting; and in his later years, he installed his housekeeper as his mistress while his second wife took up residence nearby.

The brio with which Thomas Keneally tells the tale is equal to the pace and bravado of Sickles' life. But, more than this, American Scoundrel is the lens through which the reader can view history at a time when America was being torn apart.

"A great piece of storytelling" --Guardian

"A fascinating book...informative and entertaining" --Daily Telegraph

"This has a thriller-ish propulsion...a highly readable book" --Sunday Express

Product Details

Author:
Thomas Keneally
Book Format:
Compact Disc
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
5 March 2012
Dimensions:
16.51 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm
ISBN-10:
1743107870
ISBN-13:
9781743107874
Language:
English
Publisher:
Weight:
294.83 gm

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