A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, Book 1)

Barbara Hambly

ISBN 10: 0553102583 / ISBN 13: 9780553102581

Published by Bantam July 1997, 1997

About this Item

Author Signature with inscription on Title Page First edition by number code. Dust jacket is protected by mylar.

Seller Inventory # 264633

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, Book 1)
• Publisher: Bantam July 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553102583
• ISBN 13: 9780553102581
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: First Edition
• Condition: Collectible-Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed By Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery

About this title

Synopsis

Benjamin January, a Creole physician and piano teacher who has known the glories of Paris as well as of his native New Orleans, is at the Blue Ribbon Ball during Mardi Gras. Near the ball, Angelique Crozat, an octoroon who travels in the city's finest company, is found murdered--and there is no shortage of suspects. This novel transports the reader to the center of the cosmopolitan South in an age when both its glories and the forces which would tear it apart are equally in evidence.

About the Author

Barbara Hambly is the author of The Emancipator’s Wife, a finalist for the Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction. She is also the author of Fever Season, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and seven acclaimed historical novels.


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