Free As The Wind: A Novel Based on True Events - Couverture souple

James, Janelle Ashley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1732667225 ISBN 13 : 9781732667228

Editeur : Groundswell Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Missionary Paisley Parker arrives in 1831 Jamaica with plans to change the world.Plantation owner, and future earl, Archer Barrington likes his world exactly as it is.She fights against slavery. He owns 1,000 slaves.She thinks he’s evil. He thinks she’s delusional.A woman who loves freedom. A man who demands order.A passionate battle of wills, set in an historic turmoil that will change them both forever.Paisley, nicknamed Honeybee, longs to make the world a sweeter place. But after traveling the globe with her missionary father, she’s developed a condemning spirit toward anyone who opposes Emancipation. When Paisley meets Archer, she adopts her usual combative stance, but her father reminds her that the greatest battles are won with love. She prays to be like Queen Esther, who influenced a powerful man to help an oppressed people. But how can she influence Barrington’s heart without allowing the charming man to steal hers? And how can she bring freedom to Jamaica’s slaves while Barrington’s fellow plantation owners will stop at nothing to silence her?Free as the Wind intertwines fictional characters with the real people and events that brought about the end of slavery in the British Empire.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Groundswell Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1732667225
• ISBN 13: 9781732667228
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 469
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