Written during a nostalgic interval during Cooper's stormy battles with the Whig Press, The Deerslayer (1841) is the last of the world-famous Leatherstocking Tales in point of composition, though first in the biographical sequence.
A historical adventure reminiscent of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley romances, Cooper's novel centers on Harvey Birch, an ordinary man suspected of being a spy for the British.
The novel is set in a turbulent period of 18th-century Croatian history, when the nobility and the bourgeoisie fought for power and influence. The main theme of the novel is the conflict between the nobles and the republicans – people who stood for freedo
With exceptional narrative power, Coleen McCullough, one of today's most widely read writers, draws the reader into the vortex of chivalry, passion and opulence, which is called ancient Rome.