The Wine Of San Lorenzo
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Mexican-American War and the mid-nineteenth century American Southwest, The Wine of San Lorenzo is a sweeping historical novel that immerses the reader in a world of conflict, cultural collision, and moral reckoning. Herbert Gorman chronicles the harrowing journey of his protagonist through a landscape shaped by conquest and tradition, weaving a rich tapestry of action, romance, and political intrigue that pulls the reader inexorably forward. Gorman, best known as a distinguished literary biographer — particularly for his authoritative life of James Joyce — brings a scholar's precision and a novelist's passion to this ambitious work of fiction. His prose carries the weight of deep historical research while remaining vivid and propulsive, illustrating the human cost of empire and the enduring struggle for identity in a contested land. The Wine of San Lorenzo stands as a compelling reminder that history is not made by nations alone, but by the lives caught in its current — and the question of who survives, and at what price, lingers long after the final page.
Author: Herbert Gorman
Format: Hardback
Published: 1948, Cassell and Company Ltd.
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Mexican-American War and the mid-nineteenth century American Southwest, The Wine of San Lorenzo is a sweeping historical novel that immerses the reader in a world of conflict, cultural collision, and moral reckoning. Herbert Gorman chronicles the harrowing journey of his protagonist through a landscape shaped by conquest and tradition, weaving a rich tapestry of action, romance, and political intrigue that pulls the reader inexorably forward. Gorman, best known as a distinguished literary biographer — particularly for his authoritative life of James Joyce — brings a scholar's precision and a novelist's passion to this ambitious work of fiction. His prose carries the weight of deep historical research while remaining vivid and propulsive, illustrating the human cost of empire and the enduring struggle for identity in a contested land. The Wine of San Lorenzo stands as a compelling reminder that history is not made by nations alone, but by the lives caught in its current — and the question of who survives, and at what price, lingers long after the final page.