Plantations are burned, women raped, the rebels starved. Bristow was a native of South Carolina, and it shows in her details. She is sassy, intelligent, and rarely submissive, unless it serves a purpose. Although at first hesitant, she then sees it as her duty to keep her young country free.įirst published in 1959, the novel imbues Celia with a strong sense of herself as a person and a loyal American. Homes are ravaged, her betrothed is murdered, and Celia is asked to become a spy against the British by the matron’s mysterious son. Engaged to marry the rebel, Celia faces the bombardment of Charleston by the British. She falls for a young militiaman who finds her a position with a glamorous matron. Determined to make her way as a dressmaker in revolutionary Charleston, South Carolina, she boards as an apprentice in a dress shop. Celia Garth is tired of being a poor relation.
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