New York: Ecco Press / Harper Collins, (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel by the author of the National Book Award winning "Cold Mountain." Set among the chaos of the Civil war and the years right after it, this is based on the life of Varina Davis, married as a teenager to the much older Mississippi plantation owner, Jefferson Davis, who became president of the Confederacy. 353 pp. ISBN: 978-0062405982.