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Charleston
Paperback
General FictionHistorical Fiction
Publisher: Gary Botkin
Published: May 6 2025
Pages: 78
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.19 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In a city built on beauty, wealth, and blood-what does freedom truly cost?
Charleston: The Price of Freedom Was Written in Fire is a sweeping historical epic that brings to life the untold story of America's most iconic Southern city, from its marshy beginnings in 1670 to the turbulent aftermath of revolution and beyond. Through the deeply personal journeys of an enslaved African farmer, a British heiress, a Native healer, and an indentured servant, this novel explores the harsh truths behind Charleston's rise-where every brick is laid with sacrifice and every silence hides a scream.
As rebellion ignites, nations change, and liberty becomes both a weapon and a wound, these lives intertwine across war, betrayal, and resistance. What emerges is a haunting portrait of a city at war with its soul-and a legacy forged in the fires no history book dares to name.
Rich in emotion, vivid in detail, and unapologetically human, this is not just the story of Charleston. It is the story of America's original contradiction.
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