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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... wife followed him , despite the disapproval of the Tsar and her family . She was one among several wives who lived as best they could outside the prison . Many , including her , had left children behind , and many now had new ones . It ...
... wife followed him , despite the disapproval of the Tsar and her family . She was one among several wives who lived as best they could outside the prison . Many , including her , had left children behind , and many now had new ones . It ...
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... wife , nobody in the church had met Frederik until the previous day . He expected that everyone would be disposed to welcome him for Emmie's sake , but they would not be slow , among themselves , to pronounce him unsuitable should he ...
... wife , nobody in the church had met Frederik until the previous day . He expected that everyone would be disposed to welcome him for Emmie's sake , but they would not be slow , among themselves , to pronounce him unsuitable should he ...
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... wife as she adjusted to her new status as the wife of a gentleman of leisure . in - law Henry Master and his wife , and. After ninety days at sea on the Vimiera , she had gone ashore with George on the pilot boat at Portsmouth so as to ...
... wife as she adjusted to her new status as the wife of a gentleman of leisure . in - law Henry Master and his wife , and. After ninety days at sea on the Vimiera , she had gone ashore with George on the pilot boat at Portsmouth so as to ...
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