Spangle Author:Gary Jennings Daredevil artistes and bawdy clowns, wild beasts and untamable women-and Gary Jennings as ringmaster-make for a novel that is as thrilling as any show on earth. Yet Spangle is more than thrilling, for it is also a vivid tour of 19th century Europe, from its stolid innkeepers to its absinthe-drinking poets and-even more-a portrait of a continent ... more »on the brink of convulsive change, of three empires that will topple before half a century has passed, of the emergence of the new nations of Germany and Italy-of, in short, the birth of modern Europe.
Bright and exotic, Spangle is full of fascinating circus lore, thrilling feats of bravery, erotic entanglements-it is sumptuous entertainment, a novel that will live long in its readers' memories.« less