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Description edit
Mark Helprin’s enchanting and sweeping new novel asks a simple question: can love and honor conquer all? New York in 1947 glows with post-war energy. Harry Copeland, an elite paratrooper who fought behind enemy lines in Europe, returns home to run the family business. In a single, magical... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Margaret: Add a description of this character.
- William Marrow III
- Reeves
- Charles
- Vinnie
- Alison Ranley
- Eugenia Eba
- Catherine Rice
- Morris
- Malan
- Clark Gable
- Sussingham
- Cyril
- Tony Agnello
- Morse
- Mickey Gottlieb
- Bridget
- J. Edgar Hoover
- Mrs. Velez
- William Hale III
- Mike Beck
- Ike
- Dan Hemphill
- Carmichael
- Evelyn Hale
- Rice
- Rolvag
- Claire Daloon
- Franklin
- Beethoven
- Meyer Copeland
- Victor Marrow
- Bayer
- Irwin
- Amanda
- Martin Cater
- Arthur Tawney
- Chester
- Hitler
- Sidney Goldfarb
- Elyssa
- Daddy
- Heydrich
- Rufus
- Harry Copeland
- Mr. Verderamé
- Mozart
- Thaxton Thrale
- Allis Grosvenor Elliot Vliet Dukynk
- Harley
- Guada
- Johnson
- Ludwig Bernstein
- Henry Stimson
- Wendy
- Phil Baucus
- Tommy
- Marisol
- George Yellin
- Hulda
- Andrea
- James George Vanderlyn
- Alice Vierville
- Henry Livingston
- Elizabeth
- Elaine
- Fraser
- Sutherland
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Winchell
- Townsend Coombs
- Manet
- Catherine Thomas Hale
- Clementino Velez
First Sentence edit
If a New York doorman is not contemplative by nature he becomes so as he stands all day dressed like an Albanian general and doing mostly nothing.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Mark Helprin (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: United States
Publication Date: October 2, 2012
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 704
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: United States
Publication Date: October 2, 2012
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 704
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- Dewey: 813
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