The BequestHarvill, 2003 - Всего страниц: 325 "1864. After years of service in the Russian navy and a gruelling expedition to Greenland, Captain Frederick Ziege of the Royal Danish Navy is enjoying chaperoning his mother, sister and two marriageable nieces for a season on the Riviera. There he meets Emmeline Leslie, a young Australian widower and veteran of the bush. The differences between their complex histories enrich their ensuing romance, but frustrate their search for a home. The Bequest takes the reader from Italy to France, North Africa, Greece, Siberia, Greenland, Australia, and finally England. It is a novel about identity and belonging; about the place of history and memory in uprooted lives. Objects - many of which are pictured, such as an ivory China trade puzzle, a jewelled pencil, a clock - have an almost talismanic role in the interlocking stories of this rich and moving tale." |
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... mind them , " said Emmie , assuming this to be a prelude to her own interrogation . " What he said about your brooch was true . It is very fine . . . ” " Thank you . " " Your husband was much loved , I think ? ” Emmie had been looking ...
... mind them , " said Emmie , assuming this to be a prelude to her own interrogation . " What he said about your brooch was true . It is very fine . . . ” " Thank you . " " Your husband was much loved , I think ? ” Emmie had been looking ...
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... mind life , never mind " for ever " : after just ten years , he was living a ghostly , suspended existence in lodgings in Norwood with Kate - his beloved Kate , who had slept under a wagon when she first went up to the Downs , to whom ...
... mind life , never mind " for ever " : after just ten years , he was living a ghostly , suspended existence in lodgings in Norwood with Kate - his beloved Kate , who had slept under a wagon when she first went up to the Downs , to whom ...
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... mind , she said she would mind it very much , as she wasn't accustomed to riding solitary in unknown mountains . Seeing some awkwardness in this exchange from his position following , but not hearing , Pat rode up to join them and heard ...
... mind , she said she would mind it very much , as she wasn't accustomed to riding solitary in unknown mountains . Seeing some awkwardness in this exchange from his position following , but not hearing , Pat rode up to join them and heard ...
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