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Title: Celia Garth
Author: Gwen Bristow
Narrator: Gabra Zackman
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-18-18
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A bustling port city, Charleston, South Carolina, is the crossroads of the American Revolution, where supplies and weapons for the rebel army must be unloaded and smuggled north. From the window of the dressmaker's shop where she works, lovely Celia Garth, recently engaged to the heir to a magnificent plantation, watches all of this thrilling activity.
When the unthinkable occurs and the British capture and occupy Charleston, bringing fiery retribution to the surrounding countryside, Celia sees her world destroyed. The rebel cause seems lost until the Swamp Fox, American general Francis Marion, takes the fight to the British - and one of his daring young soldiers recruits Celia to spy on the rebels' behalf.
Out of the ashes of Charleston and the Carolina countryside will rise a new nation - and a love that will change Celia Garth forever in this historical romance hailed by the Chicago Tribune as "an exciting tale of love and war in the tradition of Gone with the Wind".
Members Reviews:
Holds up well
Another Old Skool romance, this book has aged remarkably well. Originally published in 1959, I remember reading it in high school. When it turned up on one of my subscription services, I was curious as to whether it would hold up over this years. Remarkably, it did, although today it would probably be labeled YA rather than something for adults.
The story of a young seamstress caught up in the drama of the War for Independence, it draws the reader into the events of the Revolutionary War as seen through the eyes of one young woman. An orphan, Celia enter the employ of the notoriously picky Vivian Lacy, who can't find a dressmaker to suit her. Celia takes on the job and find Mrs. Lacy a perfectionist, but otherwise easy to work for.
As time goes on her life becomes ever more intertwined with Mrs. Lacy as the war steps up in intensity. The everyday lives of regular people under British occupation shows the stresses of being a revolutionary masquerading as a loyalist. As long as her safety is not threatened she works in the dress shop, where she keeps her ears open and passes along bits of information about British activity.
A pleasant read, although very much a work of the 50s, the book holds up very well.
Historical YA Romantic Fiction
I was trying to classify this book after I read it and basicly I realized it didn't really fit perfectly into any one group. Truth be told there is a little bit of a lot of things in this book, and no one aspect totally takes over the book. I guess, given the positive reviews that is a good thing, I know I enjoyed it, and while I'd read it over again, I will say that it never got to the point where I'd consider it a favorite, which is why it's a four star read instead a five star.
Everything about Celie Garth the book, and the character, is good, so things are great. The history in the book is wonderful, the "live" parts, those which Celia lives through like the siege on Charleston are not only informative, but also intersting. Those which happen off page but are relaid to her are also informative, but for their second hand account not as interesting, mainly because characters find out the result of then get the whole story, also these descriptions go on for a few pages and since they already happened it just kind of takes you out of the ongoing story a little bit.
