Description

Mary Turner has little use for sacrifice. As the niece of Erastus Corning, the prominent railway and banking magnate, she is accustomed to financial security, society balls, and the flirtatious attention of her many suitors. When she marries the ambitious, though dull, banker Isaac Burch, she secures an upper-class social position at the cost of a loveless relationship. Refusing to settle, Mary soon finds diversion and companionship in a "dalliance"--perhaps adulterous--with Chicago lawyer David Stuart. Her alleged indiscretions result in a very public divorce trial, pitting the domineering husband against the repentant and disgraced wife.

Based on the actual Illinois divorce trial of 1860 that riveted the country with newspaper headlines displaying the personal lives of prominent citizens, Burg's novel probes human motivations and failings along with a social climate percolating with the demands for civil and social rights of women. Narrated through Mary's diary entries, Isaac's letters, and the journal of newspaper reporter Thomas Perry, Dalliance transports the reader with exquisitely researched detail into the material culture of America's mid-nineteenth-century upper-crust society. Richly drawn characters and Burg's eloquent style combine to make this an engrossing and emotionally powerful novel readers will not soon forget.

This 386 page cloth cover novel published by Syracuse University Press is available on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com and at your local bookstore. The list price is $26.95.

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About the Author: Diana is an author with a passion for writing. She has written screenplays and short stories. She resides with her husband in Denver, Colorado.

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