The Colonel’s Daughter by Charles King
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April 2024
Originally published 1882
Fiction, Charles King collection
Author: Charles King
ePublished by
April 2024
Originally published 1882
Fiction, Charles King collection
Author: Charles King
No writer is better than Charles King at bringing the reader vividly and realistically into the life of a U. S. Army soldier during the late-19th-early-20th century. Because of his personal experience as an officer in the conflicts of that period, he not only gets the historical details correct, but also the settings, moods, and day-to-day life, including the personal, romantic, financial, and family life of the soldiers living on those far-flung military posts along the western frontier.
The Colonel’s Daughter; or, Winning His Spurs was Mr. King’s first real commercial success, apparently sufficiently stimulating him with enthusiasm for the possible monetary rewards to be gleaned from writing that he decided to continue the use of many of the same characters introduced herein as stars in subsequent novels—especially of course in this novel’s explicit sequel, Marion’s Faith. The end result is a series of novels in which the reader is continually re-introduced to favorite characters in different circumstances, as though meeting old friends in new places.
The Colonel’s Daughter; or, Winning His Spurs was Mr. King’s first real commercial success, apparently sufficiently stimulating him with enthusiasm for the possible monetary rewards to be gleaned from writing that he decided to continue the use of many of the same characters introduced herein as stars in subsequent novels—especially of course in this novel’s explicit sequel, Marion’s Faith. The end result is a series of novels in which the reader is continually re-introduced to favorite characters in different circumstances, as though meeting old friends in new places.