A beautiful Harper Perennial Deluxe Edition of Catharine Maria Sedgwick's The Linwoods, with an introduction from Margot Livesey, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Flight of Gemma HardyA compelling historical novel of two families wrestling with questions of honor, class, loyalty, democracy, and independence during the American RevolutionIn The Linwoods, Catharine Maria Sedgwick illuminates the American character and explores issues of civic virtue and national identity in the early republic, through the lives of two families: the Linwoods, dutiful loyalists, and the Lees, passionate revolutionaries. At the novel’s heart is Isabella Linwood, a bright and independent young woman who will transform from a proud Tory to ardent Rebel, challenging not only British rule but its accepted social, economic, and political institutions, including the aristocracy, slavery, and patriarchal authority. This Deluxe Edition features a lush design and French flaps. | The Linwoods by Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Paperback | Indigo Chapters