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Violanthe
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PostCity of Glory by Beverly Swerling

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:50 am
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How does this opener strike you?

INSTEAD OF INHALING THE DEEP breath of fresh air Joyful Turner longed for when he came topside, he had to pull his neckerchief over his nose and mouth to keep from choking. The fight had been going on for two hours�six British ships against nine American, but the British far superior in tonnage and arms�and the air was black with the smoke of gunpowder and thick with the stench of death.


If you've never read this book, or had no clue where the opener comes from, then how does it strike you? If you had only this opener to go on, would you read more? Does it grab you and spur you to read on? Or does it leave you unenthusiastic?

If you read the book it came from, did you remember right away or did you have to look it up? What made it so memorable - or not so memorable?

If you are interested to read on, then do a search on the opening line and tell us what it is.
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Khuly
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:08 pm
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I'd read on, but probably not far
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Murray Graham
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:12 pm
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I'd read a little further. What is it?

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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:59 pm
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I might read further, just to get more of an idea of what the story is about.
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Violanthe
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 3:07 pm
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Title is edited in above. It's a historical, I believe.
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