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The Fever Tree
by McVeigh, Jennifer
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
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About This Item
New York: Amy Einhorn Books/G.P.Putnam's Sons, 2013. Paperback. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Uncorrected Proof Paperback Uncorrected Proof in Very Good Condition. Clean and bright wraps, slight wear to corners, spine with two light creases, glued binding tight and solid and square; internals as new. A story of British colonial Africa--brutal diamond mines of South Africa, courage, romance, " --a world of red dust plains, pioneering grit and the cruelty of colonial greed". A riveting tale. 423 pages. 6 x 9 inches. 2013, Amy Einhorn Books/G.P.Putnam's Sons, New York.
Synopsis
Having drawn comparisons to Gone with the Wind and Out of Africa , The Fever Tree is a page-turner of the very first order. In London she was caged by society. In South Africa, she is dangerously free. Frances Irvine, left destitute in the wake of her father’s sudden death, has been forced to abandon her life of wealth and privilege in London and emigrate to the Southern Cape of Africa. 1880 South Africa is a country torn apart by greed. In this remote and inhospitable land she becomes entangled with two very different men—one driven by ambition, the other by his ideals. Only when the rumor of a smallpox epidemic takes her into the dark heart of the diamond mines does she see her path to happiness. But this is a ruthless world of avarice and exploitation, where the spoils of the rich come at a terrible human cost and powerful men will go to any lengths to keep the mines in operation. Removed from civilization and disillusioned by her isolation, Frances must choose between passion and integrity, a decision that has devastating consequences. The Fever Tree is a compelling portrait of colonial South Africa, its raw beauty and deprivation alive in equal measure. But above all it is a love story about how—just when we need it most—fear can blind us to the truth.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025674
- Title
- The Fever Tree
- Author
- McVeigh, Jennifer
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Amy Einhorn Books/G.P.Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BRITISH, SOUTH AFRICA DIAMOND MINES MINING, SMALLPOX, COLONIAL GREED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Romance;
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