The eulogist : a novel /
1819. Cheated out of their family estate in Northern Ireland after the Napoleonic Wars, the Givens family settle in Cincinnati. After losing their mother in childbirth and their father to a riverboat headed for New Orleans, James, Olivia and Erasmus Givens must fend for themselves. Ambitious James e...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
William Morrow,
[2019].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | 1819. Cheated out of their family estate in Northern Ireland after the Napoleonic Wars, the Givens family settle in Cincinnati. After losing their mother in childbirth and their father to a riverboat headed for New Orleans, James, Olivia and Erasmus Givens must fend for themselves. Ambitious James eventually marries into a prosperous family, builds a successful business and rises in Cincinnati society. Taken by the spirit and wanderlust, Erasmus becomes an itinerant preacher, finding passion and heartbreak as he seeks God. Independent-minded Olivia, seemingly destined for spinsterhood, enters into a surprising partnership and marriage with Silas Orpheus, a local doctor who spurns social mores. |
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| Physical Description: | 310 pages ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780062839893 0062839896 9780062839909 006283990X |