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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... reached the top at 10.55 a.m. , where the Sheik of Zaghouan , Sidi Qasem el Fadel , visited him an hour later but was unable to provide names for the surrounding mountains . On 7th April they reached Kairouan , but Ziege declined to ...
... reached the top at 10.55 a.m. , where the Sheik of Zaghouan , Sidi Qasem el Fadel , visited him an hour later but was unable to provide names for the surrounding mountains . On 7th April they reached Kairouan , but Ziege declined to ...
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... reaching like an unruly curl from the back of the house where it spilled over the wall behind in a great fringe , from a rippling field of purple . On reaching Chalet Poncarte , Emmie's dressing case was put away in a cupboard , emptied ...
... reaching like an unruly curl from the back of the house where it spilled over the wall behind in a great fringe , from a rippling field of purple . On reaching Chalet Poncarte , Emmie's dressing case was put away in a cupboard , emptied ...
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... reached Batavia in mid - July , only to suffer the same calamity that afflicted Captain Cook . " Mrs King paused . In her stillness , she seemed almost part of the furniture , but for her animated eyes which plucked the next word from ...
... reached Batavia in mid - July , only to suffer the same calamity that afflicted Captain Cook . " Mrs King paused . In her stillness , she seemed almost part of the furniture , but for her animated eyes which plucked the next word from ...
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