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The Black Swan
by
Day Taylor
Set in the Civil War South between the years 1852 and 1865, THE BLACK SWAN recounts the story of two memorable and powerful characters. Adam Tremain, the captain of the Black Swan will deny his loyalty to the South to become a blockade runner, transporting fugitive slaves to freedom. Dulcie Moran is the beautiful, defiant daughter of Savannah's most prosperous slave-breede...more
Mass Market Paperback, 765 pages
Published
September 4th 1984
by Dell
(first published 1978)
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It was a good read for about 5/7ths of it. The main characters of Adam & Dulcie were given ample time to develop, although Adam had more attention with a backstory & more likeable character. The subplot of Tom & his quadroon wife, Ullah, & the repercussions of their run-in with the villainous Edmund Revanche linked different stages of the story with a measure of cohesion. It was also refreshing to read a romance where hero & heroine don't dominate every single page. The first...more
The Black Swan begins in 1851 as wealthy New Orleans planter Tom Pierson secretly weds quadroon slave Ullah, the mother of his child. Tom sets them up on a homestead far from the city and they are befriended by Adam Tremain and his widowed mother. Tom's *friends* from New Orleans find out his great secret and murder Ullah and cripple Tom for life - witnessed by Adam and his boyhood chums (no spoilers here, this is all covered in the first few chapters). Fearing for their lives, Tom, Adam and his...more
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Then one summer morning, as Mammy dressed her, things Dulcie had been noticing all came together. Mammy's heavy body had always been soft and pursy, swathed in osnaburg and covered by her white apron.
Now Mammy's apron was higher, the strings were shorter, and her belly, pressing against Dulcie's shoulders as she brushed her hair, was hard, no longer soft.
"Mammy, are you in a family way?"
Mammy dropped the hairbrush. In the mirror Dulcie saw her eyes bulge and her mouth pop open....more
Then one summer morning, as Mammy dressed her, things Dulcie had been noticing all came together. Mammy's heavy body had always been soft and pursy, swathed in osnaburg and covered by her white apron.
Now Mammy's apron was higher, the strings were shorter, and her belly, pressing against Dulcie's shoulders as she brushed her hair, was hard, no longer soft.
"Mammy, are you in a family way?"
Mammy dropped the hairbrush. In the mirror Dulcie saw her eyes bulge and her mouth pop open....more
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I obsessively read through this book and give it a 4 1/2. There was a tremendous amount of historical information detailing the civil war. This book had the biggest WTF moment for me that I have ever read in a book. The whole VooDoo Island plot was sort of out of left field and bizaar. Adam was an incredible character. I plan on reading Mossrose soon.
Read this when I was about 19 or 20. It was circulating around my sister, stepmom, me and some other ladies. It was pretty racy if I recall correctly. Makes me wonder where I put my copy of it. could be a read again.
There were parts of this book that were SO good and kept the pages turning, and then there were some parts that fell short or made no sense. Overall, I'd say that it was okay.
Years ago when this book was first published...I was so mesmerized by it I recommended it to all of my friends and read the sequel's to it and have read them again...several times.
Aw my first romance. I read it at like 14....I wonder if I would still love it?
one of my favorite historical romances. I read it at least once a year.
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one of my favorite love story authors back in the day.
One of my favorite books.
This is my very favorite book, great romance, a flowing story of intrigue and adventure a must read for all historical romance readers, but very hard to find a copy as I have been looking for over ten years and now have a very good copy and can live the adventure again followed by its sequel Mossrose. Oh what a read
Not sure why this book got so many rave reviews. It was long, which I liked, but utterly enfuriating and often disappointing.
I read this 35 years ago and I never forgot this title, that in of itself is significant considering the number of books I've read and forgotten their title not long after.
This was one of my top 2 romantic novels, back during a time when that's all I read. I'm off to find it again, and re-read it.
One of my all time favorites.
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