The Big Family Author:Vina Delmar The new novel by author of Beloved is the romantic, fundamentally true saga of John and Jand Slidell and their descendants. Its locales range through New York, New Orleans, Washington, Paris, Japan, and the sea. It opens during the Revolutionary War and ends in our own time. — John Slidell, candle-maker of colonial New York, climbs from poverty t... more »o a position of wealth and social eminence. John Slidell Jr. after a scandalous duel in New York City, flees to New Orleans. In the Creole world of wealth position, and titled ancestry, this soap-boilers son becomes New Orleans most influencial citizen and marries into one of its best families. Soon he is a US senator, then Confederate Comissioner to France.
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The Big Family is a story of tendernessand violence, of ambition and sacrifice. It is historically sound and utterly enjoyable.« less