Miss Emily, the Yellow Rose of Texas

By Ben Durr

Book Overview

In this epic saga that blends legend and fact, Miss Emily Morgan, once known as Rose, uses her breathtaking beauty and intelligence to charm every man who crosses her path, and through soaring... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632931192
• ISBN13: 9781632931191
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Sunstone Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

"The Yellow Rose of Texas" Blooms in Readers' Hearts

This reviewer says further: Exactly who is Miss Emily Rose? She's the hypothetical angel in the whirlwind battle for Texas' independence from Mexico, who captivates the imagination and leads the reader across several generations of family, Texas, and American history. MISS EMILY is written in the cinemagraphic style, which shows what the characters are doing and experiencing, rather than merely telling the story, but the authors, Ben Durr and Anne Corwin, have not simply painted vibrant characters on the canvas. They have delicately brushed in the subtleties that bring the characters to life. For example, when Emily de Zavala's husband dies in Chapter One, she had not seen her cousin Rose for some months and did not recognize her. At the funeral Emily saw an almost familiar female figure among the mourners. ". . . A heavy veil concealed her face; her black dress of coarse cotton showed the tops of well-worn shoes. The woman was surely not of her circle. And yet there was a rare grace about her and that slim figure had a familiar shape. She knew that shape, if she could only remember . . ." When the above passage continues, ". . .But the memories were scrambled and she stood silent. The baby began to whimper in Mr. Smith's arms. The children tugged at her skirt," the authors engage the senses as well as the reader's mind. Anyone who has ever grieved at the funeral of a loved one, has experienced those perfectly described scrambled memories. Seconds later, the reader almost hears the baby's low cry and feels Mrs. de Zavala's other children tugging on the hem of her dress. You will want to add this novel to your private collection if you enjoy epic sagas that are fictionalizations of actual events. In this case, the Battle of San Jacinto. Beautifully written and skillfully crafted, "MISS EMILY" resonates with the ring of authenticity of place and time to the extent that the reader will feel as if he/she is reading a memoir rather than historical fiction. MISS EMILY, the Yellow Rose of Texas is definitely not in the romance genre, but romance is woven as tightly as Texas barbed-wire around this historical narrative that is a must read!