The Young Savages - Hardcover

Stewart, Fred Mustard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312864124 ISBN 13: 9780312864125

Publisher: Forge, 1998

Synopsis

The sequel to The Magnificent Savages continues the saga of shipping magnate Justin Savage, focusing on his children, Johnny, a dashing blond rake, and Julie, a Chinese-American beauty, as they adventure among the New York Society elite. 50,000 first printing.

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From Kirkus Reviews:

A sequel to the author's The Magnificent Savages (1996), a similarly freewheeling yarn in which historical figures are airily rung in like wind chimes. In the initial tale, American adventurer Justin Savage dealt with lethal kin, pirates on the high seas, and even the Empress of China. Now, beginning in 1882, his children are likewise buffeted by passion and predators--in America, Europe, and China. At 27, Julie Savage fumes because, in spite of her good looks and wealth, she's shunned in the marriage mart since she's half- Chinese. Scorned, Julie leaves the family's Manhattan manse and is off to China. On the train journey west, though, handsome and glamorous Lance Morrow, owner of San Francisco pleasure palaces, woos and wins Julie. They marry but the union ends tragically, and a distraught Julie resumes her interrupted jaunt to China. On a slow boat, she meets American Tim Chin, a secret revolutionary who'd like to overthrow the Dowager Empress, an acquaintance from Julie's childhood. In the meantime, Julie's brother Johnny is galloping around the Wild West with Teddy Roosevelt, where the two meet the recurring menace in Johnny's life, the ``mad'' Marquis de Mores, at whose hands he barely escapes emasculation. Back in New York, Justin is having domestic problems as his Italian wife takes off for her homeland and acquires a lover--whose son, the magnetic Franco Fosco, will feature prominently in the love life of Rachel Lieberman, lovely daughter of Justin's partner. She marries Felix Rothschild--of the famous banking family. There'll be three doomed marriages before True Love triumphs: Johnny's wife strays; Felix has an awful death; Franco Fosco turns out to be a nasty surprise. And the Mad Marquis is everywhere, surfacing finally in Rome. A gossipy, meandering tale, lightweight and as smooth as butter in the telling. -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

From Library Journal:

The fortunes of the Savage family, begun in The Magnificent Savages (LJ 4/15/96) continue in this next installment, which focuses on Justin Savage's two children. Half-Chinese and half-Caucasian, 27-year-old Julie is shunned by the snobbish New York social world of the 1880s, and so she heads west to begin a new life. Much to Papa's dismay, she marries a disreputable rogue who made his fortune in gambling and bordellos in San Francisco. Julie's younger brother Johnny, a rake dissatisfied with his position at his father's bank, takes off to explore the Dakotas with Teddy Roosevelt. The adventures of the younger generation take them to China, Hong Kong, England, Italy, and France, as they strive to find happiness and fulfillment. As always, Stewart's story is peppered with familiar names such as Jennie Randolph Churchill, Allan Pinkerton, Alfred Dreyfus, and numerous Rothschilds. Stewart paints a colorful picture of the lives of the rich and famous in late-19th-century America and Britain, and even if his characters sometimes seem larger than life, his tale is certainly entertaining. Recommended for collections where Stewart is in demand.?Maria A. Perez-Stable, Western Michigan Univ. Libs., Kalamazoo
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About this edition

• Publisher: Forge
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0312864124
• ISBN 13: 9780312864125
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 303