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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... mother's suffering instilled into their earliest consciousness . Their temperaments were seasoned by their mother's headaches , ruined digestion , and the nervous collapses brought on by her years of child- bearing . Still she never ...
... mother's suffering instilled into their earliest consciousness . Their temperaments were seasoned by their mother's headaches , ruined digestion , and the nervous collapses brought on by her years of child- bearing . Still she never ...
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... mother - die of fever on the way to the West Indies in 1849 , he remained convinced that the danger from fever on board was no greater than on land . " Oh , don't ! ” cried Mrs Fairholme . " I keep thinking about that boy , Ernest ...
... mother - die of fever on the way to the West Indies in 1849 , he remained convinced that the danger from fever on board was no greater than on land . " Oh , don't ! ” cried Mrs Fairholme . " I keep thinking about that boy , Ernest ...
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... mother's offer an alarming threat to the order of her world , now said , " Will it be safe on the journey ? " " Of course , Hannina dear , " her mother replied . " You do always worry so - " " " But she is right ! " Emmie declared ...
... mother's offer an alarming threat to the order of her world , now said , " Will it be safe on the journey ? " " Of course , Hannina dear , " her mother replied . " You do always worry so - " " " But she is right ! " Emmie declared ...
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