Blue Camellia

by Frances Parkinson Keyes

Book Overview

To build a great empire from a pioneer land of Louisiana took a faith and a will as difficult to possess as a blue camellia. In this, one of Frances Parkinson Keyes' finest novels. Determined men and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0007H3F2Q
• Release Date: January 1957
• Publisher: Julian Messner
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Popular New Orleans author of the 1940s and 50s

Frances Parkinson Keyes was a popular author of the 1940s and 50s. She was married to a man who served in the U.S. Senate and became governor of New Hampshire. She did much of her writing in New Orleans, Louisiana, in a Victorian mansion previously owned by a confederate general. Beauregard House is now a museum. Keye wrote meticulously researched historical novels, many of them with a Catholic slant. Her 1957 novel, _Blue Camellia_, tells the story of the development of south Louisiana from swampland to productive rice farms.

All time favorite

I read this book years ago and loved it! It's one of my all-time favorite novels. It's a story about a woman who is loved by two brothers and how the choices they each make drastically affects the others. I can still see the last scenes of the story in my mind. I definitely recommend it.