3.5 stars rounded up. I almost didn't make it through the first 10-50 pages, more than once. This portion of the book could have used a little more spit and polish. I got the feeling that during editing someone said, the books done, this section is good enough. I'm glad I kept going, but a lot of ...
My Rating - 3 of 5 stars I received a free copy of this novel from the Penguin First to Read program in exchange for a fair review. The Delegates are one of the wealthiest (and most eccentric) families in late 1800’s Manhattan. The father, Freddy, and the mother, Anna Marie likes to collect odd ...
"...beauty and terror often bump up against each other." From Manhattan's Gilded Age society Hugo Delegate finds himself confronted with a murder. Left alone in the room with the body of his dead friend, Hugo surmises that it is possible that he committed the crime and has no recollection, he also ...
I have a dilemma with this novel. The writing is excellent and the story engaging. Zimmerman brings this period to vivid life, from the man-tainted wastelands of Virginia City, Nevada to the false glitter of Gilded Age New York City. The characters aren't very sympathetic, honestly, and the longer t...
“A feisty young Dutch woman, an English spy, and a local demon all cross paths in 1663 New Amsterdam, in this Ludlumesque historical thriller…a successful mix of historical fiction, spy thriller, and horror.”As Ruth, said “Every now and then I read a book that just takes my breath away. It feels lik...
“The more things change, the more things stay the same” seems to be the main theme behind Jean Zimmerman’s The Orphanmaster with its focus on political intrigue, ambition, and human depravity. Set in New Amsterdam, the story follows Blandine van Couvering, a female merchant who is way ahead of her t...
Shamefully, I grabbed this book on the title and cover alone, and I really had no idea what I was getting into. Happily, this turned out to be a stellar read, engrossing as a novel and just as moving.Jean Zimmerman, while researching iconography and maps of Manhattan, came across Isaac Newton Phelp...
This double biography is as much an exquisite narrative of American life on the mid-Atlantic coast from the Gilded Age through World War I and the Great Depression as it is the story of Edith Minturn and Newton Stokes. Edith and her husband Newton grew up in the greater New York City area when State...
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