The Filibustero
Author | : J. J. Knopf |
Publisher | : Vantage Press, Inc |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 2008-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 0533157641 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780533157648 |
Rating | : 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Set against the backdrop of the United States' raging Civil War, Irishman Perry Jameson finds himself to be a soldier of fortune, a mercenary fighting for what he knows will be a lost cause. In the midst of the fighting, Perry finds himself in the arms of several women of the war. Marie, a freed slave and practicing voodoo princess, is a skilled nurse who is highly in demand during the bloody conflict of brother against brother. There is also Ellen Anson, the wife of a wealthy plantation owner. When Perry becomes involved with both women, it is time to leave the relative comfort of his new found home and be off to fight with the Confederate troops- fighting what is perhaps the bloodiest battle of the war.