The Linwoods - Catharine Maria Sedgwick

A beautiful Harper Perennial Deluxe Edition of Catharine Maria Sedgwick's The Linwoods , with an introduction from Margot Livesey, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy A compelling historical novel of two families wrestling with questions of honor, class, loyalty, democracy, and independence during the American Revolution In The Linwoods , Catharine Maria Sedgwick illuminates the American character and explores issues of civic virtue and national identity in the early republic, through the lives of two families: the Linwoods, dutiful loyalists, and the Lees, passionate revolutionaries. At the novel's heart is Isabella Linwood, a bright and independent young woman who will transform from a proud Tory to ardent Rebel, challenging not only British rule but its accepted social, economic, and political institutions, including the aristocracy, slavery, and patriarchal authority. This Deluxe Edition features a lush design and French flaps.