Vanishing Glory Author:J. G. Edwards "Vanishing Glory" is a saga about surviving the devastating, all-consuming conflict of the war between the states while enduring personal tragedies and triumphs along the way. The heartrending and tragic aspects of the Civil War offer a grand, theatrical backdrop to play out the love affairs of three young women coming of age and struggling to s... more »urvive during those tumultuous years. Desiree D?Evereux, the oldest of the D?Evereux sisters, is left a widow at age nineteen after her husband is killed in a savage storm. Left with the responsibility of running a plantation and the care of her younger sisters, she enters a loveless marriage to save both when the war threatens to take it all. The union is not a happy one and is complicated when Desiree finds herself wildly attracted to Doss Yancy, the man who marries her sister, seventeen year-old Angelique. The youngest of the sisters, sixteen year-old Eve Simone, marries a Frenchman and moves to Charleston. With personalities clashing, unrequited love, romantic attractions and chemistries colliding, all three sisters must endure and survive both the internal wars among them and the Civil War around them as they follow their respective destinies in this thrilling, romantic saga.« less