Eagle's Cry
A Novel of the Louisiana Purchase

This is the second novel in David Nevin's series of historical novels spanning from the late 1790s to the eve of the Civil War. Like the previous novel in the series I read (i.e. "1812: A Novel"), "Eagle's Cry" represents, in the author's words, "the imagined inside of a known outside story." The no......more

This book turned out to be better than I thought although it still seemed a bit disjointed. I guess that is because the Author covered such a large & important Era leading up to the Survival of Democracy against both France & Britain. The Author admitted in the Afterword that Politics "back then' in......more

Overall well-written and surely took a lot of research. One thing that bothered me was the way the names were all abbreviated, Thomas Jefferson is Tom, James Madison is Jimmy, Alexander Hamilton is Alex. Since it's a historical novel, saying Jefferson, Madison and Hamilton would've pulled me in more......more

I had read this a few years ago and really enjooyed it. I found it in a used book store and am reading it again. It is one of my favorite historical novels, with Washington, Adams, Jefferson, J Q Adams, Jim and Dolley Madison, and Aaron Burr. I really enjoyed it and learned mote history at the samw......more

Historical fiction during Jefferson presidency - Democrats vs Federalists, Burr vs jefferson, countyr's fear of democrats, and French revolution influence, Louisiana Purchase, James Madison - Very informative but slow read......more