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La Fabbrica delle Patate

Questa avvincente serie immerge i lettori nelle dure realtà della vita del XIX secolo, tracciando i destini intrecciati di ladri, amanti e rivali accaniti. Segui i personaggi in un viaggio pericoloso dal ventre di Londra alle lontane coste della Terra di Van Diemen, dove viene forgiato un impero inaspettato. Le narrazioni intrecciano storie di ambizione, sopravvivenza e la disperata ricerca di un nuovo inizio, mentre vecchi rancori accendono conflitti presenti. È una saga che esplora la resilienza dello spirito umano di fronte a ostacoli formidabili.

The Potato Factory Trilogy - 3: Solomon's Song
Tommo and Hawk
The Potato Factory

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  1. The Potato Factory

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    • 26 ore di lettura

    Ikey Solomon is very successful indeed, in the art of thieving. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must make the harsh journey from 19th century London to Van Diemens Land. In the backstreets and dives of Hobart Town, Mary learns the art of brewing and builds The Potato Factory, where she plans a new future. But her ambitions are threatened by Ikey's wife, Hannah, her old enemy. The two women raise their separate families. As each woman sets out to destroy the other, the families are brought to the edge of disaster.

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  2. Brutally kidnapped and separated in childhood, Tommo and Hawk are reunited at the age of fifteen in Hobart. Together they escape their troubled pasts and set off on a journey into manhood. From whale hunting in the Pacific to the Maori wars of New Zealand, from the Rocks in Sydney to the miners' riots at the goldfields, Tommo and Hawk must learn each other's strengths and weaknesses in order to survive. Especially in their last, worst confrontation between good and evil. Brilliantly evoking a time of struggle and triumph in the young colonies, Bryce Courtenay has created an unforgettable tale of the enduring bond between two brothers.

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  3. When Mary Abacus dies, she leaves her business empire in the hands of the warring Solomon family. Hawk Solomon is determined to bring together both sides of the tribe - but it is the new generation who must fight to change the future.Solomons are pitted against Solomons as the families are locked in a bitter struggle that crosses battlefields and continents to reach a powerful conclusion.

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