Inheritance - Couverture souple

Wilcox, Victoria

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1908483563 ISBN 13 : 9781908483560

Editeur : Knox Robinson Publishing Ltd, 2013

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Victoria Wilcox was born on the eighth day of the month of November - the same day of the same month as Margaret Mitchell was born, and the same day and month that Doc Holliday died. And she was eight years old when she first announced to her family that she was going to be writer - no great surprise, as she had been making up songs and poems and putting on her own little theatricals for years already. She came by it all naturally, being born in California to a pioneer Hollywood film industry family. Victoria grew up loving dramatic stories of all kinds, especially those with a sense of history. As a young woman she developed a passion for the stories of royal families found in English historical fiction, and felt certain she was descended from King Arthur himself and destined to discover the historic Camelot. So she began her college career as a Medieval English History major - admittedly a narrow field in American academia - before receiving a degree in English Literature and doing graduate work in Playwriting. In her professional life she has been a teacher of English and composition on the college level and worked as a technical writer and instructional designer for industry and universities. A move to Atlanta, Georgia inspired a love of all things Southern and introduced her to a project that would fill the next few years of her life: the white-columned Greek Revival home built by the uncle of the legendary Doc Holliday in the last days before the Civil War. Although one of Georgia's only remaining unrestored antebellum homes, the Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House was slated to be torn down and replaced by a parking lot, so Wilcox founded a non-profit organization to save it and turn it into a museum site. It's now the centerpiece of a beautiful historic district, and Wilcox's efforts were rewarded with a commendation from the City of Fayetteville and a cover on "Fayette Woman" magazine - and an untold tale that begged to be written. In researching the house and its former owners, she had uncovered a story almost too good to be true: the infamous Doc Holliday was kin to Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell who modeled her saintly Melanie on Doc's real-life sweetheart, his cousin Mattie Holliday. Victoria Wilcox's writing on the history of the Old South and the Wild West has been featured in such publications as TrueWest Magazine, North Georgia Journal, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. She has lectured extensively on the same subjects and been a guest on various television programs. Drawing on her lifelong love of music and theater, she has written songs for Nashville recording artists and authored the musical Goin' to Zion! along with numerous smaller theatrical works.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The name Doc Holliday conjures images of the Wild West and the shootout at the OK Corral, but before he was a Western legend he was a Southern son, born in the last days of the Old South with family links to the author of "Gone with the Wind". Now this amazing story is told for the first time in a trilogy of novels entitled "Southern Son: The Saga of Doc Holliday". The story begins with "Inheritance", set during the turbulent times of the American Civil War, as young John Henry Holliday welcomes home his heroic father and learns a terrible secret about his beloved mother. His only confidant is his cousin Mattie, his childhood sweetheart who shares his memories of plantation life and better days before the War. But Mattie isn't around to comfort him when tragedy strikes and John Henry's young hero-worship turns to bitter anger. As the Confederacy falls, John Henry becomes a troubled teenager and joins in with a gang of vigilantes trying to chase the Reconstruction Yankees out of their small Georgia town. But when a murderous plot brings threats of military prison, he vows to change his reckless ways and leaves Georgia to attend dental school in Philadelphia, hoping to come home as a respected professional man worthy of asking for his cousin Mattie's hand. However, when he returns from two years in the North to begin dental practice in Atlanta he finds his courtship beset with challenges. There are family intrigues, lies and revelations, rivals for Mattie's affections and a violent encounter that changes everything. "Inheritance" is the first novel in an epic tale of heroes and villains, dreams lost and found, families broken and reconciled, of sin and recompense and the redeeming power of love.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Knox Robinson Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1908483563
• ISBN 13: 9781908483560
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 349
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible