Ancestors: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 1620134055
- ISBN-13
- 9781620134054
- Series
- Ancestors
- Category
- Aristocracy (Social class)
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Author
- Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Description
Although author Gertrude Atherton was born and died in her beloved home state of California, she spent a significant amount of time touring and living in Europe. In Ancestors, she puts her experience as a world traveler to good use, spinning an entertaining yarn about several aristocratic English ladies who decide to liven up their twilight years by touring the rough-and-tumble landscape of the American frontier.
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