The House Is on Fire

by Rachel Beanland

Book Overview

A "wildly entertaining" (NPR), "gripping" (The Washington Post) work of historical fiction about an incendiary tragedy that shocked a young nation and tore apart a community in a single night, from the author of Florence Adler Swims Forever.

Richmond, Virginia 1811. It's the height of the winter social season, the General Assembly is in session, and many of Virginia's gentleman planters, along with their wives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1982186143
• ISBN13: 9781982186142
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Made it halfway thru

Boring. Simply utterly boring. Forgettable plot, characters, scenes, dialogue, etc.