Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “an exciting tale of love and war in the tradition of Gone with the Wind,” Gwen Bristow’s New York Times-bestselling novel tells the spellbinding story of a dressmaker who spies for the rebel cause in Revolutionary-era Charleston
A bustling port city, Charleston, South Carolina, is the crossroads of the American Revolution where supplies and weapons for the … Revolution where supplies and weapons for the rebel army must be unloaded and smuggled north. From the window of the dressmaker’s shop where she works, lovely Celia Garth, recently engaged to the heir to a magnificent plantation, watches all of this thrilling activity.
When the unthinkable occurs and the British capture and occupy Charleston, bringing fiery retribution to the surrounding countryside, Celia sees her world destroyed. The rebel cause seems lost until the Swamp Fox, American General Francis Marion, takes the fight to the British–and one of his daring young soldiers recruits Celia to spy on the rebels’ behalf. From the ashes of Charleston and the Carolina countryside will rise a new nation–and a love that will change Celia Garth forever.
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Early American History during the war between the Colonies and England. Romantic, sad and inspiring.
Great characters. I finished it and wanted to know more about them and early San Francisco.
This is one of my all-time favorites. Just a cute good old fashioned historical fiction. I have recommended it several times for a fun read.
This is an okay read, but I felt the characters were shallow and predictable.
I first read this book at least 50 years ago, my first introduction to historical fiction. It holds up very well and was a great read.
I came across this book over 40 years ago as a teen. Have read it numerous times since and I always enjoy it just as much as the first time I read it!,
This is one of my all-time favorite books! It is a fairly long story, but you leave feeling like you actually know and live with these characters.
I found Celia Garth an entertaining, well-researched historical romance. The characters are engaging and feel real. I have read this book many times over the years and always enjoy it.
This is an old favorite. I’ve read it over and over. Gives you an idea of life during the Revolutionary War and the story of the Swamp Fox, from the southern view.
Historical romance set around the American war of independence told from the viewpoint of a woman of the times.