Enter Eliza's world and you will become Eliza. Set in the risky, randy, frivolous city of New Orleans in the early 19th Century, this book takes you into a life so revelatory, so dramatic, so fascinating, you will return to it again and again. Though historical fiction, Eliza: The New Orleans Years traces the life of Eliza Moore Christie Parker---a woman whose spirit flamed as bright and indelible as her hair. Her story is one of loneliness, loss and determination. When an intriguing gentleman kills her husband in a duel, Eliza marries him. She will have nine children, lose one to yellow fever and another to a fall, give birth in a hurricane, and endure her husband's philanderings. This is a story that is truly unforgettable. Notes at the end of the book illuminate many historical details of Eliza's city and times.
