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Souls of Angels

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The new novel from the author of St Agnes' Stand; In This House is a murder story with a twist, a classic tale of love, redemption and revenge. It is the summer of 1877. Dorothy Regal, a prostitute, has had her throat cut and one of her customers -- a strange old Spaniard -- has been sentenced to die for the crime. But is Don Maximiato Lugo guilty? Clothing and a knife belonging to him have been found in the dead woman's room. He is an unstable old Californio, filled with capricious anger, who despises the Americanos. But he is literally worshipped by the poor Mexicans who live in the pueblo. Many believe him sainted, and attribute wondrous acts to him. Is he, as they believe, a religious mystic? Los Angeles, once a sleepy Spanish mission town, has become a city of the United States. What was a pastoral pueblo is now populated by Anglo hustlers, Mexicans, Indians, Yankee businessmen, sailors, oilmen, opportunists and artists. It is into this changed world that Don Maximiato's youngest daughter, Isadora, returns. On the day she steps into the crowded streets of the new Los Angeles, she knows only two things. First, that God has truly abandoned her. And second, that she will never find it in her heart to reconcile with her father. What she does not know is that her father is to be executed in fourteen days. The Americans believe that he is guilty. The poor Mexicans revere him. His eldest daughter believes that he has been framed. Isadora must begin a desperate quest for answers -- a quest that will take her through Los Angeles' seamy underbelly of flophouses, dark alleys and brothels. In This House is a murder story, but it is also a story of faith, family and love that will become as loved as Thomas Eidson's classic novel St Agnes' Stand.

About the Author :
Thomas Eidson is Executive Vice President of a large communications firm in Boston. His grandparents lived in Oklahoma Territory, Kansas and Southern Colorado, and it was out of oral family histories and storytelling that his books grew. He is the author of four previous novels including the award-winning 'St Agnes' Stand', which has been optioned by Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. In 2004, Ron Howard made his novel 'The Last Ride' into a feature film, 'The Missing'. Thomas Eidson lives in Boston, Massachusetts.He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Review :
Praise for Thomas Eidson and his books: 'The writing is excellent and the atmosphere of place is first rate.' Dee Brown, author of 'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee' 'Spare, violent and exciting!recreates an unforgiving world in which a moment's distraction can prove fatal.' Times Literary Supplement 'The pace and tension are unremitting, but there's also time for some heart-wrenching emotion.' Daily Express 'Eidson writes clean and lean, with a hint of sage incense, and can strike a lingering chord.' Kirkus Reviews 'Compelling!a powerful feat of storytelling.' Irish Times


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780007181742
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
  • Height: 222 mm
  • Width: 141 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0007181744
  • Publisher Date: 04 Jun 2007
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Weight: 419 gr


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