Set against the dramatic backdrop of America s second war for independence, Beverly Swerling s gripping and intricately plotted sequel to the much-loved City of Dreams plunges deep into the crowded streets of old New York. Poised between the Manhattan woods and the sea that is her gateway to the world, the city of 1812 is vibrant but raw, a cauldron where the French accents of Creole pirates mingle with the brogues of Irish seamen, and shipments of rare teas and silks from Canton are sold at raucous Pearl Street auctions. Allegiances are more changeable than the tides, love and lust often indistinguishable, the bonds of country weak compared to the temptation of fabulous riches from the East, and only a few farseeing patriots recognize the need not only to protect the city from the redcoats, but to preserve the fragile Constitutional union forged in 1787.Joyful Patrick Turner, dashing war hero and brilliant surgeon, loses his hand to a British shell, retreats to private life, and hopes to make his fortune in the China trade. To succeed he must run the British blockade; if he fails, he will lose not only a livelihood, but the beautiful Manon, daughter of a Huguenot jeweler who will not accept a pauper as a son-in-law. When stories of a lost treasure and a mysterious diamond draw him into a treacherous maze of deceit and double-cross, and the British set Washington ablaze, Joyful realizes that more than his personal future is at stake. His adversary, Gornt Blakeman, has a lust for power that will not be sated until he claims Joyful s fiancée as his wife and half a nation as his personal fiefdom. Like the Turners before him, Joyful must choose: his dreams or his country.Swerling s vividly drawn characters illuminate every aspect of the teeming metropolis: John Jacob Astor, the wealthiest man in America, brings the city s first Chinese to staff his palatial Broadway mansion; Lucretia Carter, wife of a respectable craftsman, makes ends meet as an abortionist serving New York s brothels; Thumbless Wu, a mysterious Cantonese stowaway, slinks about on a secret mission; and the bewitching Delight Higgins, proprietress of the town s finest gambling club, lives in terror of the blackbirding gangs who prey on runaway slaves. They are all here, the butchers and shipwrights, the doctors and scriv-eners, the slum dwellers of Five Points and the money men of the infant stock exchange...conspiring by day and carousing by night, while the women must hide their loyalties and ambitions, their very wills, behind pretty sighs and silken skirts.
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这本书的语言风格非常独特,我之前从未读过类似的作品。作者的词汇量非常丰富,而且善于运用比喻和拟人化的手法,将抽象的概念具象化。读这本书的过程,就像是在欣赏一幅精美的画作,每一个词语都是一笔色彩,共同勾勒出一幅壮丽的画卷。我特别喜欢作者对环境的描写,那种氛围感十足,让人忍不住想要沉溺其中。
评分当我拿到这本书时,我并没有抱太大的期望,毕竟“城市”主题的书我读过不少。然而,《City of Glory》彻底颠覆了我过去的认知。作者构建了一个如此宏大而又充满细节的世界,每一个角落都充满了想象力。我尤其喜欢作者对城市景观的描绘,那些古老而又神秘的建筑,那些熙熙攘攘又暗藏玄机的街道,都让我仿佛身临其境。每一次翻页,都像是在探索一个新的领域,充满了惊喜和未知。
评分我必须说,《City of Glory》是一本非常“厚重”的书。它不仅仅是文字的堆砌,更像是一种情感和思想的沉淀。作者在叙事上非常有章法,情节的推进张弛有度,引人入胜。我时常会因为一个出人意料的转折而惊叹,又会因为一个细腻的情感描写而感动落泪。这本书让我深刻体会到了阅读的乐趣,那种随着情节发展而产生的情绪波动,是我在其他地方很难找到的。
评分坦白说,这本书的内容对我来说有些……出人意料。我原本以为会是那种轻松愉快的都市生活,但它却给我带来了很多思考。作者似乎在用一种非常含蓄的方式,探讨着一些深刻的社会议题。我注意到书中一些角色之间的互动,以及他们所面临的困境,都让我产生了共鸣。有时候,我会停下来,反复咀嚼文字,试图理解作者想要传达的更深层含义。
评分哇,这本书简直让我欲罢不能!从封面上那充满艺术感的插画,我就知道这会是一段非凡的旅程。我迫不及待地翻开了第一页,就被作者那独特的叙事风格深深吸引。那种细腻的笔触,仿佛将我带入了故事的核心,让我能真切地感受到角色的呼吸,听到他们内心的独白。我很少会如此沉浸在一本书中,感觉自己仿佛成为了书中的一部分,和他们一起经历喜怒哀乐。
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