Review
"Jennings retells nineteenth-century social history as if it were unfolding news."--Publishers Weekly
"Jennings is the best among our historical novelists."--The New York Times
"Mr. Jennings keeps the pages turning."--The Dallas Morning News
"Jennings is the best among our historical novelists."--The New York Times
"Mr. Jennings keeps the pages turning."--The Dallas Morning News
Book Description
The epic saga of Spangle takes us on a grand tour across two continents, from the post-Civil War South to the glittering capitals of nineteenth-century Europe. in The Grand Promenade, Zachary Edge and his troupe of showmen travel north across Hungary to rugged, majestic Russia, where he will meet Tsar Alexander at the St. Petersburg court. From there it's south and west, dodging Bismark's bullets, to Emperor Louis Napoleon's Paris which is facing the imminent threat of war. For Zachary Edge and his friends, Europe, with its beautiful women, its absinthe-drinking poets, and its captivating royalty, provides on unforgettable experience after the next. Through them, we view a continent poised on the brink of tumultuous change.
From the Publisher
"Jennings is the best among our historical novelists." --The New York Times
"Epic, finely wrought, erudite, richly comic, delightfully bawdy, and highly dramatic. Spangle is impressive in its sheer mass and richness. In the enthusiasm and energy of its telling, in the obvious pleasure the author takes in his work." --Los Angeles Times
"Mr. Jennings keeps the pages turning." --The Dallas Morning News
About the Author
Gary Jennings is known for his intensive research which often includes rigorous and sometimes hazardous travels-exploring every corner of Mexico for his Aztec novels, retracing the numerous wanderings of Marco Polo for The Journeyer, joining nine different circuses for Spangle, and roaming the Balkans to do Raptor.
