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Author : Ronald Wright
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2014-05-20
Henderson S Spear written by Ronald Wright and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-20 with Fiction categories.
A masterly epic that weaves a contemporary search for a missing father with a vivid story from the heyday of the British Empire. Liv, a Canadian filmmaker, is writing from a Tahitian jail, piecing together her troubled past and her family's buried history for the unknown daughter she gave up at birth. The search for her own father, a pilot missing since the Korean War, has brought her to the South Seas and landed her behind bars on a trumped-up murder charge. In the stillness of her cell, Liv ponders the secret journal of her ancestor Frank Henderson, who came to these same waters a century before on an extraordinary three-year voyage with Queen Victoria's grandsons--Prince George (later George V) and Prince Eddy, who would die young and disgraced, linked by the gutter press to the Ripper killings and many other scandals. Through unforgettable characters and a mesmerizing story, Henderson's Spear traces two tales of obsession, intrigue, and loss--from the 1890s and the 1990s. These stories reach around the world from Africa, England, and North America to converge with compelling effect in the Polynesian islands. With a deep understanding of the landscape and culture of the South Sea Islands, Ronald Wright's Henderson's Spear explores the patterns of history and the accidents of love.
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Author : Ronald Wright
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2002-08-13
Henderson S Spear written by Ronald Wright and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08-13 with Fiction categories.
In the tradition of Melville and Stevenson, a superb storyteller -- winner of the David Higham Prize for Fiction -- brings literary art of great range and beauty to a South Seas epic. Two tales of passion and intrigue, from the 1890s and the 1990s, reach around the world from Canada, England and West Africa to converge in the Polynesian islands. The story opens as a letter from Olivia, a Canadian filmmaker who writes from a Tahitian jail to the daughter she gave up for adoption at sixteen. Olivia's search for her own father, an airman missing since the Korean War, has brought her to the South Seas and landed her in prison on a trumped-up murder charge. The other main strand of the novel -- based on fact -- is told in the secret diaries of Frank to have been Jack the Ripper. Frank is driven to write down what he knows when he begins to suspect there are people who wish him out of the way. As she fights to get out of jail, Olivia recalls her own childhood in the English house where Henderson once lived. There, while packing up the family home after her mother's death, she finds Henderson's old papers and learns of links between herself and him that she had never known, links that explain her mother's behaviour and her father's disappearance. Written with a deep understanding of the landscape and culture of the South Sea islands, Henderson's Spear is at once a moving study of loss -- of a parent, a child, a past -- and an exploration of historical forces that nearly extinguished a people and still threaten us today. Ronald Wright's deft touch and luminous prose make this rich, powerful novel utterly compelling.
Hendersons Speer
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Author : Ronald Wright
language : de
Publisher: München : Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
Release Date : 2004
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The Tribe That Washed Its Spears
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Author : Adrian Greaves
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2013-06-17
The Tribe That Washed Its Spears written by Adrian Greaves and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-17 with History categories.
The vast majority of books on the Zulus concentrate on their stunning victory at Isandlwana over the invading British Army and the tragedy of their subsequent defeat during the Anglo-Zulu Wars.??By tracing the long and turbulent history of the Zulus from their arrival in South Africa, where they were not indigenous as were the Koi and San population, and the establishment of Zululand, The Tribe that Washed its Spears is an important and readable addition to this popular subject area. It describes the violent rise of King Shaka and his colourful successors under whose leadership the warrior nation built a fearsome fighting reputation without equal among the native tribes of South Africa. It also examines the tactics and weapons employed during the numerous inter-tribal battles over this period. They then became victims of their own success in that their defeat of the Boers in 1877 and 1878 in the Sekunini War prompted the well-documented British intervention.??Initially the might of the British empire was humbled as never before by the shock Zulu victory at Isandlwana but the 1879 war ended with the brutal crushing of the Zulu Nation. But, as Dr Greaves reveals, this was by no means the end of the story. The little known consequences of the division of Zululand, the Boer War and the 1906 Zulu Rebellion are analysed in fascinating detail.??An added attraction for readers is that this long awaited history is written not just by a much published leading authority but, thanks to the co-authors contribution, from the Zulu perspective using much completely fresh material.??As reviewed in the 'Ashford Herald', 'Folkestone Herald' and 'Hythe Herald'
American Archives
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1837
American Archives written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1837 with Colonies categories.
Official Summary Of Security Transactions And Holdings Reported To The Securities And Exchange Commission Under The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934 And The Public Utility Holding Company Act Of 1935
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937
Official Summary Of Security Transactions And Holdings Reported To The Securities And Exchange Commission Under The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934 And The Public Utility Holding Company Act Of 1935 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with Securities categories.
Annual Report Of The President And Board Of Directors Of The Corn And Flour Exchange Of The City Of Baltimore
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1874
Annual Report Of The President And Board Of Directors Of The Corn And Flour Exchange Of The City Of Baltimore written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1874 with Baltimore (Md.) categories.
Cumulated Index Medicus
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Cumulated Index Medicus written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Medicine categories.
Annual Report Of The Baltimore Chamber Of Commerce For The Year Ending December 31
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Author : Baltimore Corn and Flour Exchange
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
Annual Report Of The Baltimore Chamber Of Commerce For The Year Ending December 31 written by Baltimore Corn and Flour Exchange and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with Corn categories.
Polk S Bloomington Monroe County Ind City Directory
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Polk S Bloomington Monroe County Ind City Directory written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Bloomington (Ind.) categories.