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My Dearest Cecelia

Diane Haeger

2003305 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2003
first published
  • 2003St. Martin's Press · 305 pages · ENGISBN 9780312282004
  • 2004St. Martin's Press · ENGISBN 9781429923545
  • 2004St. Martin's Griffin · 320 pages · ENGISBN 9780312325947

Little did Cecelia Stovall know that her life would change forever as she entered the Commencement Ball at West Point Military Academy on a spring evening in 1837. She dances and falls instantly in love with the dashing young Northern cadet William Tecumseh Sherman. They embark on a fiery, secret rendezvous despite their broad cultural differences and the expectation that they will marry others. When the Civil War starts, Cecelia and William assume prominent positions on opposite sides, and William becomes the very same General Sherman who will be feared and hated throughout the South.

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AtmosphereBleak

Worth knowing

ViolenceFrequent

When and where

ThemesWar

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