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Readers who love old New York, family dinners, naval victories, and love stories that bend under pride and gossip will find the feel of 1812 as the people in the street lived it.
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A whole city waves its flags, and one girl stands in the middle of it. The Belle of Bowling Green is a historical romance by Amelia E. Barr, written as a love letter to old New York. The time is the War of 1812. The place is the small park at the foot of Manhattan. Sapphira Bloommaert is eighteen and the pride of a Dutch family. A rich young Scot named Leonard Murray loves her, and a stern judge for a father doubts him. Parades, dinners, naval victories and small family quarrels fill the pages, and one hasty word can cost a year of happiness.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A city of flags on the GreenFree
- 2A speech, a flag, and a sudden dislike
- 3A secret promise and a city at war
- 4A charming stranger with a dark past
- 5Jealousy at Christmas and honors for sailors
- 6Aaron Burr and the curse of the dead
- 7A slander, a duel, and a rose in pieces
- 8What the story is really about
- 9How the story is told
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A city of flags on the Green
The story opens in the summer of 1812, on the day New York learns that war with England has been declared. Barr paints the Bowling Green as a place of both fighting and home life.
On the Green stands the red brick house of Judge Gerardus Bloommaert. His only daughter, Sapphira, is its chief ornament. Young men find reasons to walk past her window.
Her grandmother, Madame Jonaca Bloommaert, is seventy-four and fiercely Dutch and American at once. Her cousin Annette hides a novel under a cushion and complains that war will spoil her balls. Sapphira begs her mother to help hang out the old battle flag.
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About 5 h 50 min to read.Questions about The Belle of Bowling Green
What is The Belle of Bowling Green about?
It is a historical romance about Sapphira Bloommaert, the daughter of a Dutch judge in New York, and her love for Leonard Murray during the War of 1812, with her family, her cousin Annette, and the real city around them.
Is The Belle of Bowling Green a true story?
The romance unfolds in a real setting. Barr weaves in actual people such as De Witt Clinton, Washington Irving, Gouverneur Morris, and Aaron Burr, plus real events like naval victories and the news of peace in 1815.
Who is Aaron Burr in the book?
Burr is the lawyer who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel and was tried for treason. In the book, Leonard wants to study law with him, and Sapphira's family warns him against it.
What is the Yule Klap?
It is a Dutch Christmas custom the book describes. Guests throw gifts into a room in disguise, each wrapped in many layers with different names. The last name on the wrapping gets the gift, and nobody thanks anyone.
Is The Belle of Bowling Green easy to read?
The prose is clear and warm, and the story moves through lively dinners, balls, and family conversations. Short scenes and plenty of dialogue make it easy to follow.