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Hope and glory volume 2
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Caroline Delacroix is at the pinnacle of Washington high society in her role as secretary to the first lady of the United States. But she's hiding a terrible secret. If she cannot untangle a web of foreign espionage, her brother will face execution for treason. Nathaniel Trask is the new head immediately suspicious of Caroline despite his overwhelming attraction to her quick wit and undeniable charm. Amid the glamorous pageantry of Gilded Age Washington,...
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"On November 10, 1898, a mob of 400 rampaged through the streets of Wilmington, North Carolina, killing as many as 60 citizens, burning down the newspaper office, overthrowing the newly elected African American leaders, and installing a new white supremacist government. The marrow of tradition is a fictionalized account of this important, under-studied event. Charles W. Chesnutt narrates the story of 'Wellington,' North Carolina, through William Miller,...