Love stories; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Fiction; Southern States -- History -- 1865-1877 -- Fiction
"Will take rank with its gifted author's vivid romance, 'The Colonel's
Daughter,' and should become as popular. Capt. King writes fluently and
felicitously, and in the novel under review there is not a tiresome
page. Everything is graphic, telling, and interesting. The plot is of
particular excellence."--_Philadelphia Evening Call._
"'Kitty's Conquest,' a charming little story of love and adventure, by
Charles King, U.S.A. The plot is laid in the South during the
reconstruction period following the late war. The book is written in a
most attractive style, and abounds in bright passages. The characters
are drawn in a very pleasing manner, and the plot is handled very
successfully throughout. It is altogether a pleasing addition to the
library of modern fiction."--_Boston Post._
"A bright, original, captivating story. The scene is laid in the South
some twelve years ago. It is full of life from the word 'go!' and
maintains its interest uninterruptedly to the end. The varying fortunes
through which the hero pursues his 'military love-making' are
graphically depicted, and a spice of dangerous adventure makes the story
all the more readable."--_New York School Journal._
"A bright and vivaciously-told story, whose incidents, largely founded
upon fact, occurred some twelve years ago. The scene, opening in
Alabama, is soon transferred to New Orleans, where the interest mainly
centres, revolving round the troublous days when Kellogg and McEnery
were _de facto_ and _de jure_ claimants of supreme power in Louisiana,
when the air was filled with notes of warlike preparation and the tread
of armed men. Though the _heroes_ are, for the most part, United States
officers, there is yet nothing but kindly courtesy and generous
good-will in the tone of the story, and its delineations of Southern
character and life, of Southern scenes, and the circumstances and
conditions of the time. The author is Charles King, himself a United
States soldier, whose story of 'The Colonel's Daughter' has been well
received."--_New Orleans Times-Democrat._
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"A BRILLIANT PICTURE OF GARRISON LIFE."
MARION'S FAITH.
By Captain CHARLES KING, U.S.A.,
Author of "The Colonel's Daughter," "Kitty's Conquest," etc.
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