Beverly Swerling
City of Dreams of Nieuw Amsterdam and Early Manhattan
By: Beverly Swerling
Two families in New York--the Turners and the DeVreys--have inherited an ancient feud that began in 1661, when their ancestors--a surgeon and an apothecary--arrived in the New World. Following the two clans through the years, CITY OF DREAMS tells the...
Published: Jun 2002
Genre: Fiction - Sagas
Pages: 592
City of Glory of War and Desire in Old Manhattan
By: Beverly Swerling
Set against the dramatic backdrop of America's second war for independence, Beverly Swerling's gripping and intricately plotted sequel to the much-loved City of Dreams plunges deep into the crowded streets of old New York. Poised between the...
Published: Jan 2008
Genre: Fiction - Historical - General
Pages: 512
Shadowbrook of Love, War, and the Birth of America
By: Beverly Swerling
A sweeping tale of love, ambition, and a war that ignited a revolution...1754. In a low-lying glen in Ohio Country, where both the French and English claim dominion, the first musket ball fired signals the start of a savage...
Published: Mar 2005
Genre: Fiction - Historical - General
Pages: 512
City of God of Passion and Wonder in Old New York
By: Beverly Swerling
City of God, the latest installment in Beverly Swerling's gripping saga of old New York, takes readers to Manhattan's clamorous streets as the nation struggles to find a compromise between slave and free, but hears the drums of war. This is New York...
Published: Sep 2009
Genre: Fiction - Historical - General
Pages: 544
City of Promise of New York's Gilded Age
By: Beverly Swerling
A "vivid tableau of 1870s Manhattan" (Entertainment Weekly), City of Promise continues Beverly Swerling's acclaimed epic saga as New York emerges from the Civil War into the Gilded Age—a city marked by soaring expansion and dazzling...
Published: Aug 2012
Genre: Fiction - Sagas
Pages: 432