Promised Lands: A NOVEL OF THE TEXAS REB

Promised Lands: A NOVEL OF THE TEXAS REB

Elizabeth Crook's vast yet intimate novel of the Texas Revolution takes us beyond the traditional setpieces of the Alamo and San Jacinto to the other places where the war was foughtâ€”to the forest traces and prairies and Gulf Coast beaches, and to the hearts of the novel's vibrant characters.

Among them: Domingo de la Rosaâ€”the great Tejano ranchero, implacable and devout, for whom the fight against the Anglo "heretics" is nothing less than a holy war. Hugh Kennerâ€”a physician whose son has run away to the war. Hugh will discover the heroic strength of his compassion, and also its brutal cost. Katie Kennerâ€”Hugh's restless daughter, a refugee caught up in the massive human stampede known as The Runaway Scrape, who finds herself in love with a foreigner and responsible for the life of an orphan baby. Adelaido Pachecoâ€”a dashing tobacco smuggler loyal to no cause but his own, a man without a country and in peril of becoming a man without a soul. Crucita Pachecoâ€”Adelaido's beautiful sister who has lost her family, all but Adelaido, in the cholera epidemic of 1832. Feeling that God has forsaken her, she enters Domingo de la Rosa's employ as a spy against the Anglo rebels, and discovers an improbable love. Through these people and others, Promised Lands brings a myth-encrusted chapter of American history to authentic life. Elizabeth Crook demonstrates once again a stunning command of her period and a passionate regard for her characters. Promised Lands bears the hallmark of a master novelist: a grand vision, rendered on an unforgettably human scale.

Country	USA
Author	Elizabeth Crook
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1st
EISBN	9780307833839
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Doubleday
Manufacturer	Doubleday
NumberOfPages	511
PublicationDate	2013-07-31
Publisher	Doubleday
ReleaseDate	2013-07-31
Studio	Doubleday

Promised Lands: A NOVEL OF THE TEXAS REB

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