Details
Renny's Daughter
Jalna, Band 14
|
8,49 € |
|
| Verlag: | Dundurn |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 02.12.2010 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781554888412 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 288 |
DRM-geschütztes eBook, Sie benötigen z.B. Adobe Digital Editions und eine Adobe ID zum Lesen.
Beschreibungen
<p>First published in 1951, in <i>Renny’s Daughter</i>, Adeline Whiteoak is voyaging overseas. It is now 1948, and she travels with her Uncle Finch and cousin Maurice to Ireland and then London. On the ship she meets a charming Irishman and falls in love. However, when scandal breaks, she embodies her namesake and refuses to give him up. Meanwhile, back home, Jalna’s peace and beauty is threatened by a neighbour’s speculative designs. This is book 14 of 16 in <i>The Whiteoak Chronicles</i>. It is followed by Variable Winds at Jalna<i>.</i></p>
<p>It is 1948, and Adeline Whiteoak is voyaging overseas with her Uncle Finch and cousin Maurice. Onboard she meets a charming Irishman and falls in love, which leads to scandal. Back in Canada, death and destruction plague the Jalna household.</p>
<p>Mazo de la Roche, in 1927, was an impoverished writer in Toronto when she won a $10,000 prize from <i>The Atlantic Monthly</i> for her novel <i>Jalna</i>. The book became an immediate bestseller and was eventually adapted for stage, screen, and television.</p>
Diese Produkte könnten Sie auch interessieren:
SELVAMÍA. Mitología shuar para niños, niñas y otras criaturas andantes
von: René Gordillo, Edmundo Mantilla, Macarena Orozco
4,49 €
