Brothers Palatine: An Historical Novel

By J. R. Barth

In this historical novel by established author, J.R. Barth, a real family's history is set against the nineteenth century history of the Palatinate, the Germanic Duchy that preceded modern day Rhineland-Palatinate in western Germany. This captivating story, as told by the author's great grandmother, is built upon her husband's life as an immigrant to America in 1846, and his brother who immigrated two years later. They are Franz and Karl Barth, brothers who participated in the youth revolt of the 1840s against the German aristocracy and were forced to leave their homeland to avoid imprisonment. They are talented brothers who traveled separately to America, but reconnected in New York City where they found sweethearts and married them, had children, began businesses of their own, and suffered cruelly as Union infantry soldiers in the battles of Second Bull Run, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. It's a story of hardships and successes, love and war, hatreds and friendships, and the sadness that inevitably follows the unexpected losses of loved ones. It's one family's story of their role in the building of America, sprinkled throughout with colorful characters and harrowing adventures that make for a fascinating read.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1688126813
• ISBN13: 9781688126817
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"