Author : Gary Jennings
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780812564730
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (647 download)
Book Synopsis Spangle Volume III: Grand Promenade by : Gary Jennings
Download or read book Spangle Volume III: Grand Promenade written by Gary Jennings and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-04-15 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.