Description

Set from the spectacular background of America's second struggle for freedom, Beverly Swerling's gripping and elaborately plotted sequel to the much-liked Town of Desires falls deeply in to the packed streets of old Ny. Set between your Ny woodlands and the ocean that's her entrance to the planet, the town of 1812 is lively but uncooked, a cauldron where in actuality the German highlights of Creole devils mix with all the brogues of Irish seamen, and deliveries of unusual teas and silks from Canton can be purchased at crazy Gem Road deals. Allegiances are far more adjustable than the tides, love and lust frequently indistinguishable, the ties of nation vulnerable set alongside the attraction of fantastic riches from the East, and only several farseeing patriots identify the requirement not only to safeguard the town from the redcoats, but to maintain the delicate Constitutional marriage cast in 1787. Pleased Patrick Turner, amazing doctor and running war hero, drops his hand to a shell, excursions to personal life, and hopes to create his fortune in the China trade.