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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... rest of us , " Hannina said . " Climate and comfort , health and rest . " Emmie was not accustomed to being spoken for with such assur- ance , but she recognised that Hannina was providing her with an option to deflect Frederik's ...
... rest of us , " Hannina said . " Climate and comfort , health and rest . " Emmie was not accustomed to being spoken for with such assur- ance , but she recognised that Hannina was providing her with an option to deflect Frederik's ...
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... rest as possible , so that Frederik often found himself at the broad desk with its sweeping view down to the sea , picking out the figures from Mant's abundant reports or contemplat- ing his clock alone while Emmie tensely ticked off ...
... rest as possible , so that Frederik often found himself at the broad desk with its sweeping view down to the sea , picking out the figures from Mant's abundant reports or contemplat- ing his clock alone while Emmie tensely ticked off ...
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... rest of the day , with an aftertaste of betrayal that disgusted him , although he could no more eradicate it than he could justify it . The children were said to be ill , but they were wild all afternoon - and who could blame them ...
... rest of the day , with an aftertaste of betrayal that disgusted him , although he could no more eradicate it than he could justify it . The children were said to be ill , but they were wild all afternoon - and who could blame them ...
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