
An Affair Of Honor
Richard Marius(Author)
Vintage (Publisher)
Published on 6. November 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
608 pages
978-0-09-944914-0 (ISBN)
Description
The final masterpiece by a master of Southern Gothic: an epic tale of love, faith and revenge in post-war Tennessee. Charles Alexander, a young man groomed from birth to be a Baptist minister, witnesses the murders. The killer is Hope Kirby, WWII hero, member of a large mountain clan, who has discovered his wife's infidelity. Although Kirby's code of honour requires that he exact vengence, it won't allow him to kill an innocent bystander, so Charles goes free, promising not to tell what he has seen. But Charles does tell, and we watch fascinated, as a trial, an appeal, and a new terror unleashed on the countryside draw the entire county into action. "An Affair of Honour" is the story of a crime - a crime with so many repercussions that will take five decades to untangle.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Weight
407 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-944914-0 (9780099449140)
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Person
Richard Marius was born and grew up on a farm in East Tennessee. He headed the Expository Writing Program at Harvard from 1978 to 1998. An Affair of Honor is the third of a loose trilogy set in fictional Bourbon County, Tennessee, the first two volumes being The Coming of Rain and After the War. He is also the author of a fourth novel, Bound for the Promised Land; two major biographies, Thomas More and Martin Luther; and a style book, The Writer's Companion. He died in 1999.