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White Rose: Una Rosa Blanca (Ballantine Reader's' Circle)
Newspaper reporter Karl Decker has seen many covert missions. But nothing prepares him for Evangelina Cisneros--the young Cuban revolutionary he is sent to rescue from a Havana jail. She is America's cause célèbre, a woman whose fiery spirit awakens something previously untouched within him.
Evangelina is slated to be moved from Havana to the Spanish government's most terri...more
Evangelina is slated to be moved from Havana to the Spanish government's most terri...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
October 3rd 2000
by Ballantine Books
(first published 1999)
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A journalist/undercover agent is sent to Cuba to "interview" a young woman who is in prison because of her ties to the revolutionaries in the Cuban/Spanish conflict during the 1890's. His real mission is to break her out and bring her to America to be exploited by the Hearst newspapers and the government. Very short, clipped chapters that get right to the point. Best line in the book: "If you live one day at a time and take things just in the order they are given to you, witho...more
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This is a fictionalized account of a true story I knew nothing about. William Hearst's involvement in rescuing a Cuban freedom fighter from prison in the late 1890s. I thought the last 30 pages could have been eliminated, but I enjoyed the rest of the story quite a bit. Hearst sends a newswriter down to Cuba to try to break Angelina Cisneros out of prison, so she can come to the US and get our army to help the Cubans get rid of the Spaniards. Then the plan was we would annex Cuba into the US...more
I agree with the reviews that say this is a very well-written book. It is a very quick read (one day for me), but very poignant. Evangelina is an interesting character, as is Karl Decker. Katherine Decker was my favorite character, and any married woman would know why. :) With that said, I think this style of writing is not my favorite. It's very poetic, but that at times gets distracting for someone like me. So that is why it did not garner more stars. Happy reading though to people who...more
I didn't enjoy this novel nearly as much as the other two I read by Amy Ephron. I found the story and the characters slightly confusing at first, then the story became clearer and picked up some speed. I thought the ending was flat with business left unfinsished. I do like her style of writing and her ability in these short novels to tell a bigger story. I just think she could have come up with a better ending.
This book was economically and beautfully written, I enjoyed and was entralled by every page. Intelligent thriller/romance rolled into one. Cuba in 1897, still under Spanish rule, but with the Hearst papers trying to undermine it every step of the way as he sends a reporter to an infamous Cuban prison to interview and plan the break out of a young, beautiful revolutionary to take back to NYC.
LOVED this book. One of the most concise (sp?) books I've read in a very long time. I really enjoyed this book, almost every page. It's a fast read but you don't feel jipped. The ending was bittersweet and I was sad about somethings that happened. It really got me interested in Cuban history as well. I think if you're even the slightest bit interested you should read it.
I love books that read like fiction but are about historical characters...this is the case in this book about a Hearst Reporter who goes to Cuba to help free Evangelina Cisneros a young revolutionary of the early 1900s before she is shipped to Spain's African penal colony.
Reporter rescues a revolutionary woman from a Cuban prison (Evangelina Cisneros; financed by William Hurst at the turn of the Century. The reporter falls in love with her and puts his wife and son in danger. True story.
A story of Cuba in the 1890s - a 19 year old female revolutionary and an American reporter who comes to find out her story and ends up falling in love with her. Based on true events. Interesting historical fiction.
This is a quick-read, especially for historical fiction. It was a perfect airplane-ride-over-spring-break book.
Exciting, shows that even tho many years have passed things have not changed as far as men being away from home. The thrill of a strong woman over powered his better judgement. Katherine Decker stood by her man as expected, then did what I think was the bravest of all walked away! Turns out she was also a strong women. The troubled times of Cuba come to life in this tale of adventure.
I would have NEVER picked this book to read but a bookclub I was in did and I was pleasantly surprised. Incredibly interesting, easy to read, great characters....insightful...I loved it.
Sort of a Cuban In the Time of the Butterflies. I like the different points of view. Well written.
Fantastic book~ Chapters are short and keep you wanting more.
Enjoy Epron's style of writing.
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