Tides of War - Hardcover

Tillyard, Stella

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805094571 ISBN 13: 9780805094572

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 2011

Synopsis

A Library Journal Top Ten Best Books of 2011

An epic novel about love and war, set in Regency England and Spain during the Peninsular War (1812-15), by the acclaimed historian and bestselling author ofAristocrats

Tides of War opens in England with the recently married, charmingly unconventional Harriet preparing to say goodbye to her husband, James, as he leaves to join the Duke of Wellington's troops in Spain.

Harriet and James's interwoven stories of love and betrayal propel this sweeping and dramatic novel as it moves between Regency London on the cusp of modernity—a city in love with science, the machine, money—and the shocking violence of war in Spain. With dazzling skill Stella Tillyard explores not only the effects of war on the men at the front but also the freedoms it offers the women left behind. As Harriet befriends the older and protective Kitty, Lady Wellington, her life begins to change in unexpected ways. Meanwhile, James is seduced by the violence of battle, and then by love in Seville.

As the novel moves between war and peace, Spain and London, its large cast of characters includes the serial adulterer and war hero the Duke of Wellington, and the émigrés Nathan Rothschild and Frederic Winsor who will usher in the future, creating a world brightly lit by gaslight where credit and financial speculation rule. Whether describing the daily lives and desires of strong female characters or the horror of battle,Tides of War is set to be the fiction debut of the year.

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Review:

"Dazzling---I love this book. It's beautifully written, the characters are deeply involving, and the historical setting so right---in short, "Tides of War" is a triumph."---Simon Schama"A page-turner...A welcome and entertaining contribution to the genre...The great appeal of her book is that history here is like quicksilver, assuming new shapes that are never quite the ones you imagined."---Charles McGrath, "The New York Times""The descriptions of the era, from the battlegrounds of the Peninsular War to the lab that captivates Harriet back in England, are enchanting."---"USA Today""Tillyard is ambitious and precise in her knowledge of historical detail....She sees those tendrils of the war that have reached into our time."---Jane Smiley, "The Washington Post""Hugely enjoyable...Intelligent, classy, entertaining."---"The Times" (London)

Dazzling---I love this book. It's beautifully written, the characters are deeply involving, and the historical setting so right---in short, "Tides of War" is a triumph. "Simon Schama"

A page-turner A welcome and entertaining contribution to the genre The great appeal of her book is that history here is like quicksilver, assuming new shapes that are never quite the ones you imagined. "Charles McGrath, The New York Times"

The descriptions of the era, from the battlegrounds of the Peninsular War to the lab that captivates Harriet back in England, are enchanting. "USA Today"

Tillyard is ambitious and precise in her knowledge of historical detail .She sees those tendrils of the war that have reached into our time. "Jane Smiley, The Washington Post"

Hugely enjoyable Intelligent, classy, entertaining. "The Times (London)""

"Dazzling---I love this book. It's beautifully written, the characters are deeply involving, and the historical setting so right---in short, Tides of War is a triumph." --Simon Schama

"A page-turner...A welcome and entertaining contribution to the genre...The great appeal of her book is that history here is like quicksilver, assuming new shapes that are never quite the ones you imagined." --Charles McGrath, The New York Times

"The descriptions of the era, from the battlegrounds of the Peninsular War to the lab that captivates Harriet back in England, are enchanting." --USA Today

"Tillyard is ambitious and precise in her knowledge of historical detail....She sees those tendrils of the war that have reached into our time." --Jane Smiley, The Washington Post

"Hugely enjoyable...Intelligent, classy, entertaining." --The Times (London)

Book Description:

An epic romantic novel of the Peninsular War from the acclaimed historian, author of Aristocrats

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0805094571
• ISBN 13: 9780805094572
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 353