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1880, South Africa - a land torn apart by greed...Frances Irvine, left penniless after her father's sudden death, is forced to emigrate to the Cape. In this barren country, she meets two very different men - one driven by ambition, the other by ideals. When a smallpox outbreak sends her to the diamond mines, she is drawn into a ruthless world of greed and exploitation, of human lives crushed in the scramble for power. But here - at last - she sees her path to happiness. Torn between passion and integrity, she makes a choice that has devastating consequences...
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The fever tree, Jennifer McVeigh
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- Pubblicato
- 2012
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- Titolo
- The fever tree
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Jennifer McVeigh
- Editore
- Viking
- Pubblicato
- 2012
- Formato
- In brossura
- ISBN10
- 0670920908
- ISBN13
- 9780670920907
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Letteratura romantica, Prosa storica, Amore, Inghilterra, XIX Secolo, Gran Bretagna, Africa, Londra, Perdita, Lotta per il potere, Repubblica del Sudafrica, Diamanti, Varicella
- Titolo originale
- The fever-tree
- Valutazione
- 3,7 su 5
- Descrizione
- 1880, South Africa - a land torn apart by greed...Frances Irvine, left penniless after her father's sudden death, is forced to emigrate to the Cape. In this barren country, she meets two very different men - one driven by ambition, the other by ideals. When a smallpox outbreak sends her to the diamond mines, she is drawn into a ruthless world of greed and exploitation, of human lives crushed in the scramble for power. But here - at last - she sees her path to happiness. Torn between passion and integrity, she makes a choice that has devastating consequences...