The Davenports Charles M. Schulz The thirst for power

The thirst for power

The Water Dancer meets The Prophets in this spare

When a baby is discovered floating in a basket along the quiet canals of Venice

a Union Army hero dispatched to the South ten years after the Civil War to protect the rights of newly freed black citizens

and eventually traveled back to Africa

The Davenports Charles M. Schulz The thirst for power2023 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Fiction The Davenports delivers a totally escapist, swoon worthy romance while offering a glimpse into a period of African American history often overlooked. The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in a changing United States, their fortune made through the entrepreneurship of William Davenport, a formerly enslaved man who founded the Davenport Carriage