A monumental classic considered by many to be not only the greatest love story
ever written, but also the greatest Civil War saga.
From The Critics
New York Times Book Review
This is beyond a doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an
American writer. It is also one of the best. -- Books of the Century; New York
Times review, July 1936.
Aspiring Writers
Lucy Bondurant Chastain Venable is a beautiful woman of great passion and
terrible need. Sheppard Gibbs Bondurant III--Lucy's cousin and lifelong
confidant--is a man turned recluse by his own fatal feelings. Their
mesmerizing story spans four decades--chronicling the astonishing love and
hate between them and the turbulent transformation of their once-magnificent
South.
From the Publisher
Lucy Bondurant Chastain Venable and her now reclusive cousin Sheppard
Gibbs Bondurant III, have been confidants ever since Lucy came to live with
Shep's family. These two and their town has been through much over the years,
and whether they can survive it together still remains to be seen....
From The Critics
Publisher's Weekly
In ``a suspenseful tale featuring vividly portrayed characters,'' narrator
Shepard Gibbs Bondurant III tells the story of his bewitchingly beautiful but
manipulative, destructive cousin Lucy Bondurant Chastain Venable. Siddons's
``imaginative plot twists make this hefty novel an absorbing page-turner,''
wrote PW. (Dec.)