WHITE ROSE, UNA ROSA BLANCA

Ephron, Amy

ISBN 10: 0688163149 / ISBN 13: 9780688163143

Published by William Morrow and Company Inc., New York, 1999

About this Item

A pristine book SIGNED by the author. Set in 1897 Havana during Cuba's fight for freedom from Spanish rule. A partially true story of Evangelina Cisneros, a beautiful, spirited teenager who's been imprisoned on charges of insurrection.

Seller Inventory # 002958

Bibliographic Details

• Title: WHITE ROSE, UNA ROSA BLANCA
• Publisher: William Morrow and Company Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0688163149
• ISBN 13: 9780688163143
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
• Seller catalogs:
  • SIGNED BOOKS
  • WOMEN AUTHORS
  • FICTION

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Synopsis

Evangelina Cisneros is a very beautiful nineteen-year-old girl who, along with her father, is active in the struggle to oust the Spanish from Cuba in the late 1890s. When her father is arrested, she pleads his case to a Spanish general, who falls in love with her. She spurns his advances and is herself thrown in jail for her revolutionary activities.

When reports of her imprisonment reach the New York papers, Evangelina becomes a cause cilhbre among the city's many society women. William Randolph Hearst, recognizing an opportunity, sends one of his star journalists, Karl Decker, to Havana on the pretense of interviewing her when in fact he is on a mission to effect her escape. As she tells him her story, the two find themselves falling in love. Back in America, Decker's wife is becoming increasingly suspicious of her husband's absences. After a frightening escape, Evangelina and Karl arrive in New York, where they are heralded as heroes. But then they must inevitably face Decker's wife and a decision that will affect all their lives.

Based on a true story, White Rose is part romance and love story and part spy thriller. Set in both the exotic, primitive world of Cuba and the high-society milieu of Manhattan in 1897, here is a story that will inspire the imagination and capture the heart.

About the Author

Amy Ephron is the bestselling author of the acclaimed novels One Sunday Morning and A Cup of Tea. Her magazine pieces and essays have appeared in Vogue; Saveur; House Beautiful; the National Lampoon; the Los Angeles Times; the Huffington Post; Defamer; her own online magazine, One for the Table; and various other print and online publications. She recently directed a short film, Chloe@3AM, which was featured at the American Cinematheque’s Focus on Female Directors Short Film Showcase in January 2011. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Alan Rader, and any of their five children who happen to drop in.