Pilgrim's Rest - Couverture souple

Nicholson, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0006175368 ISBN 13 : 9780006175360

Editeur : Fontana Press, 1988

Synopsis

When her husband is killed in a clash between Welsh miners and English owners, Mary Llewellyn has to seek a new life away from poverty torn Wales. In 1874 she and her sons Huw, Ianto, William and baby Tom set off on a long and dangerous trek to Africa's hinterland, and when - finally - Mary was able to look down on Pilgrims Rest, she felt that she was coming home.
They settled in the Valley of Gold, to live among the diggers and share their world of chance and despair. But this was colonial South Africa, and history was on the tilt.
Mary and her family were soon caught up in the fire and thunder of battle, at first between the Zulus and the English, and then between the English and the Boas. When lanto's implacable hatred of the English leads him to fight for the Boers, brother is pitted in battle against brother...

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Nicholson is one of the world’s most travelled and most decorated television foreign correspondents. He has braved 18 war zones over the past 40 years, picking up a host of awards. Michael is a familiar face in Britain’s homes as a former anchor of ITV’s Evening News and a correspondent for long-running current affairs series Tonight. He has won numerous British and international awards for his reports – from Biafra, Cyprus and Vietnam – and has twice been named the Royal Television Society Journalist of the Year. For his coverage of the Falklands War he was given the prestigious Richard Dimbleby Award by BAFTA. In 1991, Michael was awarded the OBE for his reporting of the Gulf War. His books include The Partridge Kite, Red Joker, December Ultimatum, Pilgrims Rest, Across the Limpopoand his memoir A Measure of Danger. His book Natasha’s Story, the gripping account of how he bought an orphan from war-torn Bosnia home to the UK, was made into the Hollywood film Welcome to Sarajevo in 1997.

Présentation de l'éditeur

When Mary Llewellyn’s husband is killed in a battle between Welsh and English miners in poverty-stricken Wales, she resolves to forge a new life in the South African sun with her children. However, after overcoming a dangerous journey beset by snakes, crocodiles and hostile warriors, all is not as they had hoped in the village of Pilgrims Rest. Change is on the move in 1870s South Africa and Mary, Huw, Ianto, William and baby Tom are right in the middle of it. Battle breaks out first between the Zulus and the English, then the English and the Boers. And as Ianto’s hatred of the people who killed his father causes him to take up arms for the Boers, brother is pitted in battle against brother.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fontana Press
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0006175368
• ISBN 13: 9780006175360
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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