by Phillip Margulies
Philip Margulies’ novel, Belle Cora, is about a woman who loves so fiercely, so loyally, that she spends most of her first 33 years of life trying to save them from themselves. Belle Cora is based on a real woman who popped up a couple of times in the history of early San Francisco; Margulies took t...
Goodreads giveaway Firstreads. Thank you very much! Delicious. But not in a lurid way.Historical fiction inspired by a San Francisco madam during the gold rush.Fans of Victorian period literature and historical fiction should eat this up, just as I did. Plenty of historical references and research.
Read from August 13 to September 14, 2014 Wow!!! Perfect!! I absolutely adored this book! It's going on my All time Faves shelf right now. Do I recommend it? Yes! READ. THIS. BOOK. It's historical fiction at its very best.
This was honestly one of the best books that I have read in a long time. The funny thing is that I almost stopped reading it about a third of the way through. I didn't almost stop reading it because I thought it was badly written or that it was boring. I almost stopped reading it because I felt so c...
An amazing book about an amazing woman and loosely based on a real life 19th century prostitute. How does one go from being a well sought out prostitute to a dowager of stellar reputation on San Francisco's Nob Hill? In this novel, written as a two part memoir the reader finds out exactly how this...
If anything, Belle Cora questions what it means to be bad or good. Through Arabella’s journey from New York City to San Francisco, Mr. Margulies casts doubt on the true meaning of these arbitrary adjectives. At the same time, he raises questions about the oldest profession in the world as he forces ...
I'm amazed how well this story was woven that I couldn't not become a part of as I read. Belle came alive. I truly felt that her life could have happened. It's always amazes me when I come a crossed a book that makes me wonder if a book has based its main character on someone in real life. This book...
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