The contract also forbids her to marry or become romantically involved. Doris is an indentured servant, which means that, in exchange for Webb paying her passage from Ireland, she has signed a contract to work for him for three years. She’s at the party because she’s the governess for the family of a Union officer, Colonel Webb. News of the World is a 2016 American Western novel by Paulette Jiles. Making her acquaintance is a challenge, though. “And God above,” Simon notes gratefully, “she was shorter than he was.” Doris will prove to be much more than a pretty face. An Irish immigrant, 18 years old, she has a sweet manner, shining black hair and dark blue eyes. When the band is summoned to perform at a formal dinner marking the Confederacy’s surrender, attended by officers from both sides, he lays eyes for the first time on Doris Dillon and is instantly and forever smitten. Quote from Charles Frazier, author of Cold Mountain: A powerful, richly realized. He was playing in Spanish Fort when the Captain arrived with Johanna. You remember Simon the fiddler from News of the World. Lincoln was dead at the hands of a demented actor. AuthorPaulette Jiles News of the World: A Novel Simon the Fiddler: A Novel Lighthouse Island: A Novel Stormy Weather The Color of Lightning: A. For blog posts, click on ‘News’ And now here are The Books. “Jeff Davis,” Jiles writes, “had already been captured and was in jail, so what was the army’s reasoning in this matter? Lee had cashed it in a month ago at Appomattox. Just as raggedy are the drilling troops for whom they play marches in the scorching heat along the Rio Grande, although no one quite knows why. Enough luck remains for him to be assigned to duty in a regimental band, albeit a ragtag one. But Simon’s luck runs out after a bar fight, and he’s conscripted.

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