Dimensions
140 x 210 x 30mm
Introducing a new line of deluxe titles, all first published in the United States by Harper & Bros, debuting with this compelling historical novel of two families wrestling with questions of honor, class, loyalty, democracy, and independence during the American Revolution In The Linwoods, Catharine Maria Sedgwick illuminates the American character and explores issues of civic virtue and national identity in the early republic, through the lives of two families: the Linwoods, dutiful loyalists, and the Lees, passionate revolutionaries. At the novel's heart is Isabella Linwood, a bright and independent young woman who will transform from a proud Tory to ardent Rebel, challenging not only British rule but its accepted social, economic, and political institutions, including the aristocracy, slavery, and patriarchal authority.