City of Light
by:
Lauren Belfer (author)
City of LightThe year is 1901. Buffalo, New York, is poised for glory. With its booming industry and newly electrified streets, Buffalo is a model for the century just beginning. Louisa Barrett has made this dazzling city her home. Headmistress of Buffalo’s most prestigious school, Louisa is at...
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City of LightThe year is 1901. Buffalo, New York, is poised for glory. With its booming industry and newly electrified streets, Buffalo is a model for the century just beginning. Louisa Barrett has made this dazzling city her home. Headmistress of Buffalo’s most prestigious school, Louisa is at ease in a world of men, protected by the titans of her city. But nothing prepares her for a startling discovery: evidence of a murder tied to the city’s cathedral-like power plant at nearby Niagara Falls. This shocking crime--followed by another mysterious death--will ignite an explosive chain of events. For in this city of seething intrigue and dazzling progress, a battle rages among politicians, power brokers, and industrialists for control of Niagara. And one extraordinary woman in their midst must protect a dark secret that implicates them all…
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780385337649 (0385337647)
Publish date: August 26th 2003
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
I love novels that are a mix of genres, and the back of this book billed it as a mix of murder mystery, romance and historical fiction--set in the Buffalo, New York of 1901. The story is told by Louisa Barrett, a progressive thirty-something headmistress of an elite girls school for the daughters of...
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/610603841
I read this book a couple of years ago..Although, I was excited to read it, I ended up feeling that it was alot of fluff.
Great historical fiction and a marvelous story. Buffalo around the turn of the century became alive, and I now feel I must visit Niagra Falls. The Falls were depicted so that they were both very frightening and at the same time beautiful. The only complaint I have with the book is that I believe the...