English Passengers - Couverture souple

Kneale, Matthew

 
9780385497442: English Passengers
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 038549744X ISBN 13 : 9780385497442
Editeur : Knopf Publishing Group, 2001

Synopsis

In 1857 when Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the Isle of Man have most of their contraband confiscated by British Customs, they are forced to put their ship up for charter. The only takers are two eccentric Englishmen who want to embark for the other side of the globe. The Reverend Geoffrey Wilson believes the Garden of Eden was on the island of Tasmania. His traveling partner, Dr. Thomas Potter, unbeknownst to Wilson, is developing a sinister thesis about the races of men.

Meanwhile, an aboriginal in Tasmania named Peevay recounts his people's struggles against the invading British, a story that begins in 1824, moves into the present with approach of the English passengers in 1857, and extends into the future in 1870. These characters and many others come together in a storm of voices that vividly bring a past age to life.

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À propos de l?auteur

Matthew Kneale, the author of several novels, lives in Italy. English Passengers is his American debut.

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Éditeur
Knopf Publishing Group
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
038549744X
ISBN 13 
9780385497442
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
464
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780140285215: English Passengers

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0140285210 ISBN 13 :  9780140285215
Editeur : Penguin, 2001
Couverture souple