num_pages: 332
description: The New York Times– bestselling author of Jubilee Trail does “a grand job of storytelling” in this saga of pioneers who settled the Louisiana wilderness ( The New York Times ).For his service in the king’s army during the French and Indian War, Judith Sheramy’s father, a Puritan New Englander, is granted a parcel of land in far-off Louisiana. As the family ventures down the Mississippi to make a new home in the wilderness, Judith meets Philip Larne, an adventurer who travels in the finest clothes Judith has ever seen. He is a rogue, a killer, and a thief—and the first thing he steals is Judith’s heart. Three thousand acres of untamed jungle, populated by native tribes and overrun with jaguars and pirates, await Philip in Louisiana. He and Judith will struggle through their stormy marriage and the challenges of the American Revolution as they strive to build an empire for future generations. This is the first novel in Gwen Bristow’s Plantation Trilogy, which also includes The Handsome Road and This Side of Glory .
language: English
title: Deep Summer
titlecomplete: Deep Summer (Plantation Trilogy, #1)
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Romance, 18th Century, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Southern
ratings_count: 1559
series: Plantation Trilogy
publisher: Pocket Books (Mm)