In his powerful new novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold Mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil War Her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects the secure life of a Mississippi landowner/5(). Varina is a beautifully written historical novel by Charles Frazier, author of Cold Mountain. It is the story of Varina Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, during the American Civil War/5(K). · Varina Howell Davis (–), wife and widow of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, is an inspired choice as heroine for Frazier’s riveting fourth novel (following Nightwoods). “Being on the wrong side of history carries consequences,” he writes, and the events of Varina’s life propel a suspenseful www.doorway.ru: HarperCollins Publishers.
In his powerful new novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold Mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil War.. Her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects the secure life of a Mississippi landowner. VARINA. By Charles Frazier. Ecco/HarperCollins, $27, pages. TOP STORIES Kyrsten Sinema accosted on flight by illegal immigrant Dr. Fauci: Americans, especially those vaccinated against COVID. In his powerful fourth novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold Mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil War. With her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects a life of security as a Mississippi landowner.
Varina () is a novel by American author Charles Frazier. Its title character, Varina “V” Davis, is a real historical figure, the widow of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Frazier has V narrate her life story to James Blake, a black schoolteacher who grew up in the Davises’household but was separated from V during the fall of Richmond at the end of the Civil War. Book Summary. In his powerful new novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold Mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil War. Her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects the secure life of a Mississippi landowner. Varina by Charles Frazier review – clear-sighted view of a divided America The Cold Mountain author has returned to the civil war for this novel of flight and separation Odysseys in fiction .
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