Celia Garth by Gwen Bristow is a classic work of historical fiction set in Charleston during the American Revolution. The story follows a young seamstress named Celia who becomes entangled in the drama of the War for Independence as she works for a perfectionist dressmaker, Mrs. Lacy. Through Celia's eyes, the reader experiences the everyday lives of regular people under British occupation and her involvement in passing along information about British activity. As the war intensifies, Celia's life becomes more intertwined with Mrs. Lacy, leading her to face loss, love, and become part of the infamous patriot Swamp Fox spy ring.
Bristow's rich use of description and historical knowledge makes Celia Garth a very engaging read. The author paints a vivid picture of Charleston and the surrounding countryside during the Revolutionary War, capturing the historical events through the eyes of a young woman. The book is praised for its well-researched and realistic portrayal of the era, blending historical facts with a romantic subplot, making it a compelling and informative read.
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Has Romance?
The book features a moderate amount of romance, notably through Celia's interactions with two different love interests.
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Bringing to life the heady days of the American Revolution through the eyes of a heroine who played a brave and dramatic part in the conflict, this novel follows Celia Garth, a Charleston native, as she transforms from a fashionable dressmaker to a patriot spy. When the king's army captures Charleston and sweeps through the Carolina countryside in a wave of blood, fire, and debauchery, the rebel cause seems all but lost. But when Francis Marion, a lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army known as The Swamp Fox, recruits Celia as a spy, the tides of war begin to shift. This classic historical novel captures the fervor of 18th-century Charleston, the American Revolution, and a woman who risked her life for the patriot cause.
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About the Author:
Gwen Bristow (1903-1980), the author of seven bestselling historical novels that bring to life momentous events in American history, such as the siege of Charleston during the American Revolution ( Celia Garth) and the great California gold rush ( Calico Palace), was born in South Carolina, where the Bristow family had settled in the seventeenth century. After graduating from Judson College in Alabama and attending the Columbia School of Journalism, Bristow worked as a reporter for New Orleans' Times-Picayune from 1925 to 1934. Through her husband, screenwriter Bruce Manning, she developed an interest in longer forms of writing-novels and screenplays.
After Bristow moved to Hollywood, her literary career took off with the publication of Deep Summer, the first novel in a trilogy of Louisiana-set historical novels, which also includes The Handsome Road and This Side of Glory. Bristow continued to write about the American South and explored the settling of the American West in her bestselling novels Jubilee Trail, which was made into a film in 1954, and in her only work of nonfiction, Golden Dreams. Her novel Tomorrow Is Forever also became a film, starring Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, and Natalie Wood, in 1946.
Sara Donati, pen name of Rosina Lippi, is the internationally bestselling author of the Wilderness series, which includes Into the Wilderness, Dawn on a Distant Shore, Lake in the Clouds, Fire along the Sky, Queen of Swords, and The Endless Forest. The Gilded Hour books follow the story of the descendants of the characters from the Wilderness series.
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