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Simon the Fiddler and his wife were minor characters in Jiles' best-selling News of the World. Set in post-Civil War Texas, a wild west if there ever was one, Simon had been conscripted to fight for the South in one of the last battles of the war. After the war ends, Simon is invited to play for a group of Confederate officers and he meets Doris, a governess to one of the officers, and falls in love. Knowing he cannot provide well for himself, let alone for a wife, Simon lights out to make money
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An unusual setting - Texas as the end of and just after the Civil War - and a quirky but appealing story, with a little romance. Here is the link to my review:
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Some books are remembered for their beautiful language, others for compelling characters, and some just tell a good story. This book scores on all three. I loved News of the World so of course when I heard of this book I wanted to read it. Simon the fiddler is a young man barely eking out a living by playing his fiddle in post Civil War Texas. A young Irish indentured servant catches his eye and we follow both Simon and Doris (the Irish lass) across the Texas landscape. Part historical fiction,
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