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This was a difficult book to review as most of it is "keeper" material, but as you'll see from my comments, there was a part that was just icky.

THE BLACK SWAN started out as a 5-star historical romance set in the Civil War years between the years 1850 and 1865...a sweeping saga of the South and two people who grew up on opposite sides of the slavery issue that tore the country apart. The love story is between a worthy and noble hero, Adam Tremain, a blockade running captain, who moved the Underground Railroad to the sea, and Dulcie Moran, the only daughter of Savannah's most prosperous slave-breeder.

It is divided into three "books": Adam (1852-59); Dulcie (1850-1862); and The Black Swan (1862-1865). While he was still a teenager, Adam experienced the hatred of the white slave owners for any who cavorted with the slaves, and he wanted no part of it. He vowed to become one who sent the slaves north to freedom. Dulcie, raised as an indulged young woman in the genteel Southern society by a father who considered the slaves mere animals, couldn't understand why the ones she loved weren't treated like family.

The characters were well developed and the imagery vivid. We know exactly what motivated Dulcie and what moves Adam. We experience their young loves and are not surprised when they are attracted to each other. They are not so different really; each believes the slaves should be treated as people, and they lament a society in which they are not. Each has the courage to fight Southern Society for what they believe is right. And there are some wonderful secondary characters, including Tom, the aristocrat from New Orleans who married Ullah, a light colored slave because he loved her, the families of Adam and Dulcie, and Adam's two childhood friends, Beau and Ben, who join him as fellow captains.

Until the 3rd "book," I was thinking I'd stumbled across a keeper. Then the story took a nosedive in a bizarre twist with a shipwreck, a voodoo island and a twisted family that holds Dulcie captive. Adam and Dulcie are separated and both partnered (willingly or unwillingly) with others--a real no-no in my book. Also, that part was, in places, boring and frankly, disgusting. I started skipping paragraphs (never a good sign). Where was the Civil War? Where was my romance?

The story finally comes back around for a great close but the detour left me reeling; hence I'm giving it 4 stars.

For more of Adam and Dulcie's romance you have to read the second in the duology, MOSS ROSE, set in the Reconstruction Period after the end of the Civil War. At 1400= pages for the two books, it's a real investment of your time.


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The Black Swan Day Taylor 9780440106111 Books Reviews

Love this book read it like 30 yrs ago and wanted to own it as my copy was lost long ago.
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And I have read many. The story was engrossing and action packed and I loved the characters. Adam and Dulcie went through tremendous odds to be together! I also purchased Mossrose which is the sequel to this novel and I did not like it nearly as much. I suppose it's like a sequel to most books, movies or CD, they never seem to be as good as the first. I would highly recommend this novel to anyone who likes adventure and romance! It's a long read but never feels like it, you won't want to put it down.
I've Loved this book for a long time. I was a bit discouraged that I could not get it on but went ahead and bought the book in printed form. It has been really nice to read it again.
The Black Swan begins in 1851 as wealthy New Orleans planter Tom Pierson secretly weds quadroon slave Ullah, the mother of his child. Tom sets them up on a homestead far from the city and they are befriended by Adam Tremain and his widowed mother. Tom's *friends* from New Orleans find out his great secret and murder Ullah and cripple Tom for life - witnessed by Adam and his boyhood chums (no spoilers here, this is all covered in the first few chapters). Fearing for their lives, Tom, Adam and his mother Zoe flee further north. When Adam is grown he becomes a captain of his own ship and as the Civil War breaks out finds himself running slaves to the North and returning to the South with contraband. Dulcie is the only child of Savannah plantation owner Jem Moran, who decides to turn his plantation into a slave breeding operation. Dulcie and Adam eventually meet and sparks fly (of course) and the rest of the story revolves around the pair as the war between the North and South explodes around them.

Of course there's a whole lot more to the story than that but I am not into book reports - read it for yourself. That said I have mixed feelings about the book and I'm having a hard time categorizing it. The slavery issue is front and center, especially in the first half of the book and is not for the perfectly politically correct, and I suspect your average romance reader is not going to want to stick long with a pair who don't even meet until page 200 or so. I was ready to call this one a historical novel heavy towards the romance side of things until the story took a very bizarre twist involving a shipwreck, voodoo and devil worship that was soooooo OTT in weirdness that I ended up setting it aside for a good week or two.

In the end, I found it very much a mixed bag, but I did enjoy it for the most part. It's a great example of those old 70's romances, although it could easily lose 200-300 pages and not lose any of the story. There is a sequel, called Moss Rose and I do intend to read that as Dulcie and Adam rebuild their lives in the South at the end of the Civil War.
This is one of those stories that you will remember. I read it for the first time when I was in high school, and have never forgotten it. Nearly twenty years later, I had to go out and find it to read it again. It's always enjoyable and I recommend it to anyone who loves a great romance.
Luv this book. I originally read The Black Swan in the early 80s...read it several times. I guess I loaned the book and never got it back. Thrilled to find it on . Enjoyed re-reading Adam and Dulcie's story.
This was a difficult book to review as most of it is "keeper" material, but as you'll see from my comments, there was a part that was just icky.

THE BLACK SWAN started out as a 5-star historical romance set in the Civil War years between the years 1850 and 1865...a sweeping saga of the South and two people who grew up on opposite sides of the slavery issue that tore the country apart. The love story is between a worthy and noble hero, Adam Tremain, a blockade running captain, who moved the Underground Railroad to the sea, and Dulcie Moran, the only daughter of Savannah's most prosperous slave-breeder.

It is divided into three "books" Adam (1852-59); Dulcie (1850-1862); and The Black Swan (1862-1865). While he was still a teenager, Adam experienced the hatred of the white slave owners for any who cavorted with the slaves, and he wanted no part of it. He vowed to become one who sent the slaves north to freedom. Dulcie, raised as an indulged young woman in the genteel Southern society by a father who considered the slaves mere animals, couldn't understand why the ones she loved weren't treated like family.

The characters were well developed and the imagery vivid. We know exactly what motivated Dulcie and what moves Adam. We experience their young loves and are not surprised when they are attracted to each other. They are not so different really; each believes the slaves should be treated as people, and they lament a society in which they are not. Each has the courage to fight Southern Society for what they believe is right. And there are some wonderful secondary characters, including Tom, the aristocrat from New Orleans who married Ullah, a light colored slave because he loved her, the families of Adam and Dulcie, and Adam's two childhood friends, Beau and Ben, who join him as fellow captains.

Until the 3rd "book," I was thinking I'd stumbled across a keeper. Then the story took a nosedive in a bizarre twist with a shipwreck, a voodoo island and a twisted family that holds Dulcie captive. Adam and Dulcie are separated and both partnered (willingly or unwillingly) with others--a real no-no in my book. Also, that part was, in places, boring and frankly, disgusting. I started skipping paragraphs (never a good sign). Where was the Civil War? Where was my romance?

The story finally comes back around for a great close but the detour left me reeling; hence I'm giving it 4 stars.

For more of Adam and Dulcie's romance you have to read the second in the duology, MOSS ROSE, set in the Reconstruction Period after the end of the Civil War. At 1400= pages for the two books, it's a real investment of your time.