The Phoenix

Sims, Ruth

ISBN 10: 1932133402 / ISBN 13: 9781932133400

Published by Writers Collective, 2004

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Seller Inventory # BSM.1DBR7

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Phoenix
• Publisher: Writers Collective
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932133402
• ISBN 13: 9781932133400
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

At fourteen, Kit St. Denys brought down his abusive father with a knife. At twenty-one his theatrical genius brought down the house. At thirty, his past — and his forbidden love — nearly brought down the curtain for good.

A compelling Victorian saga of two men whose love for each other transcends time and distance — and the society that considers it an abomination. Set in the last twenty years of the 19th century, The Phoenix is a multi-layered historical novel that illuminates poverty and child abuse, theatre history in America and England, betrayal, a crisis of conscience, violence and vengeance, and the treatment of insanity at a time when such treatment was in its infant stage. Most of all it is a tale of love on many levels, from carnal to devoted friendship to sacrifice.

About the Author

Ruth Sims is a former librarian with a special love for history and historical fiction. She is the author of two published historical novels, The Phoenix (Lethe 2009) and Counterpoint: Dylan's Story (Dreamspinner (2010). She also loves short stories and has had several published in 2010 by Untreed Reads as ebooks. There are several more works "under construction"--novels and short stories, gay and not gay, historical and contemporary. A special joy is receiving letters and emails from readers.