Civil War Novels of Ann McMillan
Having grown up in Virginia just down the street from a fort built to protect Washington, D C, and yet knowing not much about the Civil War until I watched Ken Burns incredible series. It just was not discussed much except that my grandmother always said we were not rich because Albert Goddard had died and her father in law, Alfred Goddard was the dreamer and Shakespeare scholar, but not a money maker. I was just a kid. What did I know?
Ann McMillan's heroine described as a white widow turned Confederate nurse solves a series of mysteries all the while Richmond, Virginia is coming closer to being engulfed by the northern armies. She is aided by a free black herbalist and midwife, Judah Daniels. McMillan's 4 civil war mysteries are as follows:
Dead March
Angel Trumpet
Civil Blood
Chickahominy Fever
Since most books about war are from the male side, I am drawn to these books that bring the war down to a city, a block and a family. How are people affected. Her stories
are fascinating and certainly very possibe. I think of how one could be a nurse during the butchery of the Civil War, well probably any war. But that is what interests me.
If for nothing that they are well written and interesting stories, I recommend this series of 4.
Unfortunately, I do not see any new books in this series.
Eliza
Ann McMillan's heroine described as a white widow turned Confederate nurse solves a series of mysteries all the while Richmond, Virginia is coming closer to being engulfed by the northern armies. She is aided by a free black herbalist and midwife, Judah Daniels. McMillan's 4 civil war mysteries are as follows:
Dead March
Angel Trumpet
Civil Blood
Chickahominy Fever
Since most books about war are from the male side, I am drawn to these books that bring the war down to a city, a block and a family. How are people affected. Her stories
are fascinating and certainly very possibe. I think of how one could be a nurse during the butchery of the Civil War, well probably any war. But that is what interests me.
If for nothing that they are well written and interesting stories, I recommend this series of 4.
Unfortunately, I do not see any new books in this series.
Eliza
Labels: Ann McMillan, Civil War mysteries, Ukiah Library