A Race to Splendor
37.00
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781402263262 (1402263260)
Publish date: April 1st 2011
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages no: 544
Edition language: English
My thoughts:This was my first book by Ware and I certainly hope it will not be my last because it was a good one. It's set against the backdrop of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the fires that destroyed much of the city. Early on tragedy strikes and then we get to see how the city is rebuilt....
Give me a book about an strong, independent woman fighting against prejudice to fulfill her dreams and be treated as an equal, then I'm most likely going to love it.So, yes, I loved A Race to Splendor, which is the story of a fictional architect named Amelia Hunter Bradshaw. It's 1906, and upon her ...
Not badly written but after about 8 chapters realize this is just not for me.
Not badly written but after about 8 chapters realize this is just not for me.
San Francisco, 1906. Amelia Bradshaw returns home from her architectural studies in Paris only to find her beloved grandfather dead and the family's grand hotel on Nob Hill lost by her drunken fool of a father during a game of cards. Amelia loses her legal battle with the winner of the card game, J....
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