The Fall of Natchez

Natchez, Mississippi, 1863. In the midst of war, Rosa Levy, daughter of a Jewish dry goods merchant, is bored to tears. Her father wants her to marry into a rich and established Southern Jewish family. But she doesn’t. Trapped behind the counter of her father’s shop, she yearns for escape. She dreams of adventure.

Captain Marcus Cohen, a Union man from Ohio, isn’t the only antislavery advocate in his regiment. But he’s the only Jew. As a victor at Vicksburg, now the commander of a company of Black contraband men, love is the last thing on his mind. Until he meets Rosa…

United by religion, divided by war, can they call a truce long enough to fall in love?