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Informationen zum Autor Lynn Morris! daughter of popular historical novelist Gilbert Morris! is a recognized and talented writer in her own right. The first novel in this eight-book series was originally published in 1994! and it was an immediate bestseller (nearly half-a million combined sales of the eight novels in the series). The author's careful background explorations of the historical setting! the medical customs of the late 1800s! and the training institutions finally being opened to women! make for intriguing plots and dramatic tensions for the memorable character of Cheney Duvall.Lynn has a grown daughter and lives near her parents in Alabama. Klappentext With New Orleans as their destination! Cheney Duvall and her nurse! Shiloh Irons! leave behind the glittering lights of New York City and travel first to Charleston! South Carolina! intending to stay for only a short time. But the purpose of their stop immediately draws them into the plight of this war-torn Southern city! in the painful throes of Reconstruction and carpetbagger policies after the Civil War.As Cheney and Shiloh are embroiled in the political! social! and economic troubles that plague the city! they also are drawn into events related to the beginnings of the Knights of the White Rose! a fraternal order of white supremacists. Cheney and Rissy! her companion! find that they may not only be involved in social conflicts--their very lives are in danger!
