The Night Hawk

First published in 1901, The Night Hawk is a smouldering, romantic novel of passion and intrigue set in Paris, Halifax and the American Deep South. Heroine Antoinette Castelle is a wealthy Southerner--beautiful, poised, intelligent and divorced. When the American Civil War breaks out she leaves Paris to support the Rebel cause, landing in Halifax where she acts as a spy. Posing as a refugee she enjoys the conviviality of the city's social elite and its British Garrison, all the while plotting to bring international aid to the Southern States. The Night Hawk is a lush and exciting fictional portrait of Nova Scotia's nineteenth-century colonial elite. A Formac Fiction Treasures series title.Jones, Alice is the author of 'The Night Hawk', published 2001 under ISBN 9780887805387 and ISBN 0887805388.