California Gold

A riveting . . . sweeping epic of one man driven by gold fever, by the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of North and South (Richmond Times-Dispatch). At the height of Californias Gold Rush, men left everything behind for the chance at striking it rich. Now, some thirty years after its peak, gold fever still entices adventurous Easterners like James Macklin Chance, a poor Pennsylvanian who is drawn to California by the dream of lasting wealtha dream so powerful hell stop at nothing to see it through. Along the way hell encounter grand passion, ruthless enemies, and larger-than-life titans like Leland Stanford, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Randolph Hearst, who helped shape a countrys destiny. The best historical novelist of our time (Patricia Cornwell) once again spins a sweeping tale of power and passion, as he did so masterfully in the Crown Family Saga, the Kent Family Chronicles, and the North and South trilogy.