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  1. The Hornets Nest follows a cast of characters and their loved ones on both sides of this violent conflict—including some who are based on the author’s ancestors. At the heart of the story is Ethan Pratt, who in 1766 moves with his wife, Epsey, from Philadelphia to North Carolina and then to Georgia in 1771, in the company of Quakers. On ...

  2. Carter, Jimmy. A debut novel by the Nobel laureate and best-selling author of An Hour Before Daylight offers a richly textured study of the American South during the Revolutionary War, chronicling the story of Ethan Pratt, his wife Epsey, and their neighbors, Kindred and Mavis Morris, as they become caught up in the conflict and the growing ...

  3. This article is about the novel. For the original Swedish film, see The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (2009 film). For the upcoming American film, see The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (film). The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (Swedish: Luftslottet som sprängdes, "The Air Castle That Exploded") is the third and final novel in the best-selling Millennium Trilogy by Swedish writer ...

  4. A Featured Alternate of the Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club, and Book of the Month ClubIn the first novel by a U. S. President, Jimmy Carter brings to life the Revolutionary War as it was fought in the Deep South. He reminds us that much of the fight took place there, in a struggle of great and small battles of terrible brutality. Available ...

  5. The Hornet's Nest. : With this intricately detailed novel of the American South and the Revolutionary War, President Carter becomes our first chief executive, past or present, to publish a work of fiction. By concentrating on Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas from 1763 to 1783, Carter takes a fresh look at this crucial historical period ...

  6. 11. Dez. 2012 · This powerful and moving personal tale forms the centre of a glorious novel that paints a vivid and resonant picture of desperate warfare, ever-shifting allegiances, the massacre of innocents, and increasing political dissent. With its moving love story, vivid action and the suspense of a war fought with increasing ferocity and stealth, THE HORNET'S NEST is historical fiction at its very best.

  7. 11. Nov. 2003 · The novel, The Hornet's Nest, is the story of the American Revolution in Georgia and the Carolinas. President Jimmy Carter has not written the best historical novel that I have ever read, but in terms of revisionist history, I am glad I read it. I never imagined the part that slaves and Native Americans played in the assisting the British in their military victories and subsequent control of ...

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