The Fiercer HeartSimon & Schuster, 2005 - 369 páginas This is the story of an American love affair.Intimate and painfully real, this epic tale from the pages of history is based on the lives of vivacious and iron-willed Diana Bullitt, a Southern woman from an illustrious colonial family, and General Philip Kearny, one of the Union's legendary military leaders, a dissolute and passionate man descended from two centuries of New York aristocracy. In antebellum America, a time when appearances are paramount, Kearny introduces his beautiful young bride to a mesmerizing world of opulence and power. But Diana's tranquil existence soon ends when Kearny joins his cavalry company in Mexico and returns home from the war mutilated and suffering from trauma. Though Diana struggles to free Philip of his demons, she discovers that she must either follow her conscience and begin a new life for herself or submit to societal pressure and ignore Philip's devastating addictions and his indiscreet liaisons with other women. Rebelling against her husband, Diana embarks on a perilous journey, experiences the full power of her own abilities, and changes profoundly, shedding her provincial ideas of wifely duty and propriety. Even as Philip's and Diana's twin destinies spiral inexorably toward disaster with the impending Civil War, the couple is entrapped by the persistence of their desire, their pride, and their abiding love for each other. Micaela Gilchrist uses privately held correspondence, unpublished diaries, and family legends to create an unforgettable love story inspired by historical figures and actual events. |
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... removed his white silk scarf , gave it to Urban , then regarded Philip and me with a constrained smile such as a count- inghouse merchant might give his clerks on a Monday morning . Philip did not greet his father and Mr. Kearny locked ...
... removed a knife from his trouser pocket and then opened it so that the blade gleamed in the spring sunlight streaming in the windows . The child scratched at the bedcovers , clawing like a small animal being strangled . " What are you ...
... removed his hat and Hunt thumped Ewell on the brow , above his left eye . " That , you old bugger , is where your amativeness is . " " Amativeness ? What the hell is that ? " Ewell asked . He was a pupsy - looking fellow with a ...