The Phoenix

Ruth Sims

ISBN 10: 1932133402 / ISBN 13: 9781932133400

Published by The Writers' Collective, 2004

About this Item

The Writers' Collective, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Very Good. 8vo - over 7à ¾ - 9à ¾" tall. Signed by author " Enjoy-Ruth Simms9-10-06 "-A tight and unmarked copy with minor edge wear- " Like Tess of the d'Urbervilles or The Woman in White, this Victorian novel is replete with plot twists, years-long detours, providential meetings, villainy, and a great deal of drama. It differs from most other Victorian novels in that the main characters who meet and fall in love are both men, one an adopted son with a dark secret and Dickensian background who has taken on a new identity, and the other an uptight doctor with a strong religious background.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Phoenix
• Publisher: The Writers' Collective
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932133402
• ISBN 13: 9781932133400
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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.