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Virginia cavalryman Kieran Selkirk is summoned to a clandestine meeting in the winter of 1774. There he finds none other than Benjamin Franklin, who reveals the brilliant soldier's assignment: He is to travel to Russia disguised as a British mercenary and convince Catherine the Great not to join the British in their war with America. It is not a quest for the weak of heart, for to succeed, Selkirk must survive savage terrain, starving wolves, secret assassins, marauding Cossacks, a court of seductive young women, and even a dramatic romantic face-off with the legendary Tsarina herself.
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"Virginia cavalryman Kieran Selkirk is summoned to a clandestine meeting in the winter of 1774. There he finds none other than Benjamin Franklin, who reveals the brilliant soldier's assignment: He is to travel to Russia disguised as a British mercenary and convince Catherine the Great not to join the British in their war with America. It is not a quest for the weak of heart, for to succeed, Selkirk must survive savage terrain, starving wolves, secret assassins, marauding Cossacks, a court of seductive young women, and even a dramatic romantic face-off with the legendary Tsarina herself. "
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Swashbuckling romp through Imperial Russia.......2006-08-24
Love and Honor was a very good book and fun read. Other contributors have said that it would make a better film. That may be true as the book was ended rather quickly and with a Hollywood type ending (I don't want to give it away). However, I gave the book 4 stars because it is obvious that the author believes in heroes, heroines, bad guys and good old-fashioned values like, love and honor. Our here Keiran Selkirk is a 24-year-old Virginian Cavalryman sent to on a mission to protect the rebelling colonies from European intervention by the venerable Benjamin Franklin. Franklin is worried that the British will convince Imperial Russia to send an army to the North American continent fresh off their war with Turkey to put down the rebellion by the 13 Colonies. Franklin wants Selkirk to win Catherine the Great over with his bravery and convince her to remain neutral in the conflict between the colonials and the British Crown. Along the way we meet Selkirk's friends and love interests. We meet the evil Potemkin (Catherine's General, Right hand man and sometimes lover), and all sorts of other shady characters. Wallace's image of Imperial Russia is like a fairy tale. Selkirk finds it amazing (as did I the reader) and struggles with Russia's internal workings. He even finds himself commiserating with the Cossacks in rebellion against Catherine the Great. Throughout this book Selkirk is a man of honor. It is of course exaggerated to make the point. In the end love conquers (you'll have to read to see what it conquers). This, I know, is sappy. But if you're reading this book to learn about Imperial Russia or Catherine the Great then shame on you. Find a history book. If you want to read a swashbuckling adventure story, then this is a book you will enjoy. It is clear cut, good versus evil, values versus immorality, Monarchy versus Democracy and the right to self-determination. I hope it is turned into a major motion picture, as I will go to see it.
Never think of sleigh rides the same way again........2006-05-12
I got this book for Christmas, and started reading the first few chapters immediately afterward. Of course, we all know "Jingle Bells," and "Oh, what fun it is to ride on a one-horse open sleigh." I can now thank God I won't ever ride an open sleigh, (this one was a two-horser) with Gorlov. I guess that's where "tossed to the wolves" came to play.
Kerian Selkirk, a Virginia-born mercenary, is dispatched by Benjamin Franklin to travel to Russia and plead the American cause to the Tsarina, Catherine the Great. The British have requested Catherine send thousands of battle-hardened troops to the New World, to assist quelling the American Revolution. Assisted by the brash Russian nobleman Gorlov, Selkirk meets a variety of other mercenaries, and swarms of beautiful noblewomen, and secrets behind every door. But true to his religious upbringing and democratic ideals, he has eyes for only one woman, and a special bond with the commoners he meets.
If I had a great fault with the book, it's the rather anticlimatic battles with the Cossacks, whom Selkirk is dispatched to kill. Often, the battles tend to go too smoothly, then something happens, but then they save the day.
There's word a movie is in the works, and I'll check it out. But, I'll still read the book first.
A Book You Won't Put Down.......2005-10-30
Randall Wallace's Love And Honor, a work of dramatic historical fiction, tells the story of a young Virginian cavalry officer, Kieran Selkirk, who is commissioned by Benjamin Franklin to travel to Russia and persuade the Tsarina, Catherine the Great, not to give aid to England in the upcoming war with America. Selkirk, accompanied by his colorful mentor Gorlov, embarks on the dangerous mission through the wilderness of Eastern Europe to the courts of Russian nobility. Dangerous packs of wolves, bands of Cossacks, and the harsh Russian winter are only the first obstacles in Selkirk's journey.
But it isn't until he reaches St. Petersburg that Selkirk is confronted with the true nature of his peril when he discovers that British agents are waiting for him. Unsure of whom to trust, Selkirk is forced to use all of his wit, charm and skills as a soldier in his encounters with European diplomats, their flirtatious daughters, and jealous Russian generals. This is a story of war, romance, and restoration.
Wallace does a spectacular job crafting his lead character, Selkirk, into the sort of man every guy wants to become and every woman wishes she'll meet. He's intelligent, strong, and lives without fear while at the same time is witty, sarcastic, and has a hidden pain that tugs his and the readers heartstrings.
I really enjoyed reading this book. Wallace writes in a style that makes this book hard to put down. There's a mystery behind every character which is slowly uncovered. Each chapter becomes a new discovery into the world of 18th century Russia and the way people survived in that time.
I know that I've read a good book when I don't want the story to end in the last chapter. I feel like I've made friends with the characters and I'm not ready to say goodbye yet. This is one of those books. It was a great read and one to think about putting on your bookshelf if you like sword fighting, romance, and exciting plot twists.
Hollywood does Imperial Russia.......2005-06-05
Randall Wallace's "Love and Honor" is the improbable story of Kieran Selkirk, a young Virginian of pre-Revolutionary America sent to Russia by Ben Franklin to convince Catherine the Great, tsarina of Russia, to keep Russian from sending troops to America to help the British subdue the rebellion. Wallace writes of this period like French artist Jacques David painted it: romantic, over-inflated, pompous, and idealistic. The novel starts out with a bang - an encounter with a pack of starving wolves while crossing the northern Russian plain in an open sled is harrowing and suspenseful. But from there, Wallace lurches into an 18th Century soap opera of scheming countesses and debauchery while building a ludicrously unlikely plot. Wallace, a talented writer of feature films whose big scene epics I've enjoyed, unfortunately writes novels like a movie script. Conversation between Selkirk and Gorlav, his Russian sidekick, feels more like "Lethal Weapon's" Gibson and Glover a pair of supposedly hardened mercenary cavalrymen. With more platitude than provocation and its few thrills overpowered by mind-numbing tedium, Wallace is better watched than read. Wait for the movie.
Enjoyable!.......2005-01-08
It is a dark, snowy January night. Only reruns of Seinfield, and other various nonentities are on the tube. You curl up on the couch with "Love and Honor." Quickly, you are transported to the Russian forests, your sleigh careening through the night with wolves at your side.....
Well, you get the idea. This novel is a great way to spend some quality escape time. No, this is not Tolstoy or Doestoevsky, but it will do.
Randall Wallace knows how to execute good drama both as an author and screenplay writer.
I enjoyed this book.
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In the devastating aftermath of the clash at Fredericksburg, opposing armies lie in wait on the banks of the Rappahannock River. Two resourceful sisters are swept into the maelstrom--widening an ever-growing rift between family and loyalties. Betrothed to Major Samuel Prescott, Amanda sympathizes with the Union, while Alice struggles to find it within her heart to forgive the Northern forces that nearly destroyed her home. To make ends meet, she resorts to smuggling medical supplies for the Confederacy, and falls in love with Amanda's former beau, Colonel William Jackson. Will the sisters follow a treacherous path to bloody justice? Or unsung glory?
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A momentous, sweeping, and emotional novel.......2004-06-12
The sequel to "Promise & Honor", and the second volume of a riveting trilogy, Honor & Glory continues author Kim Murphy's Civil War saga. Set in the aftermath of the battle of Fredericksburg, two armies wait for the spring campaign on the Rappahannock River banks. Two sisters are drawn into the war, their loyalties split - one betrothed to a Union major, while the other cannot forgive the Northern army that levelled her home. A momentous, sweeping, and emotional novel.
Historical fiction at its finest.......2004-01-22
Kim Murphy's second Civil War novel, HONOR & GLORY, takes a roller coaster ride of a journey through smuggling, war prisons, battle wounds, sickness, childbirth, and other tests of endurance--while at the same time depicting the joys and hopes of both Northerners and Southerners who lived and loved during the turbulent time period.
The novel opens after the bloody Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862 and focuses on two Virginian sisters, Amanda and Alice, the former of whom has experienced both widowhood and a new marriage since the war's start. Alice, the younger sister, finds difficulty in accepting her new brother-in-law's background and position in the war--and falls for a former love interest of Amanda's. Despite the familial tension, the two women's relationship grows stronger as they themselves gain strength, shedding Victorian morals and delicacies to do their part in helping ailing soldiers...and to protect their own lives and properties as the war stretches to 1865.
Each central character experiences dark depths of anguish at some point in the novel, yet Murphy also portrays supreme moments of joy that help them persevere and rise above their physical and/or emotional pain. Alice especially stands out as an exceptional character, transforming from a frivolous young lady to a multilayered, heroic woman. And the novel offers one of the most heart-stopping escape scenes ever written.
Either read with its predecessor, PROMISE & HONOR, or standing alone, HONOR & GLORY is an entertaining and emotional example of historical fiction at its finest.
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Set in Yokosuka, Japan, during the Vietnam War, "In Love and Honor" is a story of love and moral conflict. the characters, all richly drawn, are gathered together to care for the casualties of war, only to find themselves casualties of their own struggles to match their 1950s upbringings with the rapidly changing social mores of the 1960s in which they find themselves. From Japan, to Califronia, to Washington, DC, the story spans twenty years and three generations, culminating in an ending so powerful that the readers will rejoice and be unable to forget that time in their own lives. Anne O'Connell CDR, NC, USN, Ret. served a career as a Navy Nurse. Since retirement she has been a freelance writer. This is her first novel.
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A commonplace assumption about American workers is that they lack class consciousness. This perception has baffled social scientists, demoralized activists, and generated a significant literature on American exceptionalism. In this provocative book, a young sociologist takes the prevailing assumptions to task and sheds new light upon this very important issue. In three vivid case studies Fantasia explores the complicated, multi-faceted dynamics of American working-class consciousness and collective action.
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For Hotel Management training in both large chains and smaller organizations, as well as meeting professionals, this book introduces concepts of organization, communication, ethics and policy within a hotel. The primary focus is the front office, housekeeping, reservations and night audit departments. Other departments are discussed to provide and understanding of how these departments relate to the front office and how they operate to enhance the guest experience. An introduction of basic analyses, techniques and trends both in policy and technology are reviewed as they relate to management and the guest. The book gives readers a “real world” understanding of the hotel industry balancing its past, present and future. This book portrays the nature and operation of hotels as they exist today. It reveals the inner workings of a hotel, preparing readers for what to expect in the current and future hotel market. The Property Management System has dramatically changed hotel operations, therefore extensive time has been devoted to covering this technology. Additional chapters feature analysis of the physical makeup of hotels, yield management, and operational techniques. Performance measurements and analysis of what makes a truly successful hotel are discussed in detail. Finally, because hotel management is and will always be about people, chapters are devoted to both the hotel guest and hotel employee. The arrival chronology is discussed from arrival to departure.
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Exceptional.......2002-03-01
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