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Novels by Denise Giardina GOOD KING HARRY Good King Harry will be published in paperback with a readers' group guide by Fawcett in October 1999. Good King Harry is a fictional account of the life of England's King Henry V. It raises questions about the moral dilemmas faced by people who wield power. STORMING HEAVEN Was published in 1987 by W.W. Norton. It is now available in paperback from Fawcett. Storming Heaven was a finalist for the new authors' awards of both the Book-of-the-Month Club and the Quality Paperback Book Club. It won the W.D. Weatherford award for best work about the Appalachian South. Storming Heaven is a novel about the West Virginia mine wars. It covers a period between 1890 and 1921 in fictional Justice County, West Virginia and Payne County, Kentucky. ** "If we are very lucky, every few years there arrives a novel that is so moving, so instantly successful. . . that it towers high over much else that is being published. Storming Heaven is that novel." -- The Cleveland Plain Dealer Further information about this book THE UNQUIET EARTH W.W. Norton published The Unquiet Earth in 1992. It follows events in the lives of families and communities in southern West Virginia from the 1930s Depression to the early 1990s. The Unquiet Earth received an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, and the Lillian Smith Award, the oldest literary award in the South. ** "A flawless, fearless, great American story. It cuts a wide path through the worst and the best of what we are." - Barbara Kingsolver ** "As big as it is brilliant" - The Chicago Tribune Further information about this book SAINTS AND VILLAINS A fictional account of the life and times of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor who was executed at the end of World War II for his part in a plot against Adolf Hitler. Saints and Villains was published in 1998 by W.W. Norton, and by Fawcett in 1999, in paperback with a readers' group guide. It was named best novel of 1998 by the Boston Book Review. ** "A masterpiece. . . One of the handful of best books I've ever read." - Annie Dillard Further information about this book Back to Top