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Before the Civil War, there lived in Louisiana, people unique in Southern history. For though they were descended from African slaves, they were also descended from the French and Spanish who enslaved them. In this dazzling historical novel, Anne Rice chronicles four of these so-called Free... read more

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ONE MORNING in New Orleans, in that part of the Rue Ste. Anne before it crosses Conde and becomes the lower boundary of the Place d'Armes, a young boy who had been running full tilt down the middle of the street stopped suddenly, his chest heaving, and began to deliberately and obviously follow a tall woman.

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  1. Anne Rice (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: United States
Publication Date: January 16, 1980
ISBN: 0671247557
Page Count: 571

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  • Library of Congress: PZ4.R494 Fe PS3568.I265
  • Dewey: 813.54

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Reading Level: Adults

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