From the Ashes

Charles Dewey is dead. His beloved daughter, Alma May Dewey, runs Bon Marche. Under her firm control, the stud farms and racing string are even more successful that Charles could have hoped.

But the 1850s are an unsettled time. Even the illustrious Deweys cannot ignore the debates over states' rights and slavery--especially when the stories are carried on the front pages of their own newspapers.

The fires of the Civil War will reach even the pillared portico of Bon Marche.