Shirley, Baker and the King Tonga (The Pasifika Library) - Softcover

Rutherford, Noel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0824818563 ISBN 13: 9780824818562

Verlag: University of Hawai'i Press, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Rutherford Noel

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Reseña del editor:

Of all the Pacific nations only Tonga has retained a complete and lasting political independence. Find out how the shrewd, determined King of Tonga, Tupou I, teamed up with Wesleyan missionary and opportunist Shirley Baker to bring this about.

Contraportada:

Of all the Pacific Islands nations only Tonga has retained a degree of lasting political independence. It was Tupou I, the first king of Tonga, who established an internationally recognised nation. A shrewd and determined politician, he enlisted the aid of a rebellious Wesleyan missionary. Noel Rutherford's book is an account of the life and times of this gruff, bewhiskered minister from London's East End, the Reverend Shirley Baker. A curious character often at odds with his peers, Baker's achievements, whether motivated by altruism or self-preservation, contributed greatly to the Tonga we know today.

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• Verlag: University of Hawai'i Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0824818563
• ISBN 13: 9780824818562
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200