Beacon of Gold

Moray, Helga

Verlag: London Robert Hale 1980, 1980

Beschreibung

First edition. Publisher's File Copy, stamped as such to the front endpaper. The book is firmly bound in clean black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, the corners and spine ends are slightly bumped and rubbed. The text block is lightly toned, dusty and foxed. The Barbara Walton designed dust jacket is the original and not price clipped, it is a little marked and rubbed, with minor fading to the spine. A novel set primarily in home territory from this South African born author and actress; during the late nineteenth century Katie O'Neill grapples with life in the country during the time of Cecil Rhodes, a woman, twice widowed with seven children, she is reunited with her lover and soul mate, Paul Van Riebeck, one of her daughters forms a relationship with a Zulu farm worker, potentially resulting in the death penalty for both, and another daughter is having an incestuous affair, all against the backdrop of the discovery of gold & the development of the wine industry of the Cape. Katie O'Neill first appeared as a character in Moray's earlier novel, 'To Make a Light'. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4601

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Beacon of Gold

Verlag: London Robert Hale 1980

Erscheinungsdatum: 1980

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag

Auflage: 1. Auflage