The summer country a novel
Barbados, 1854: Emily Dawson has always been the poor cousin in a prosperous English merchant clan -- merely a vicar's daughter, and a reform-minded vicar's daughter, at that. Everyone knows that the family's lucrative shipping business will go to her cousin, Adam, one day. But when h...
| Main Author: | Willig, Lauren (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First Edition. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Summary: |
Barbados, 1854: Emily Dawson has always been the poor cousin in a prosperous English merchant clan -- merely a vicar's daughter, and a reform-minded vicar's daughter, at that. Everyone knows that the family's lucrative shipping business will go to her cousin, Adam, one day. But when her grandfather dies, Emily receives an unexpected inheritance: Peverills, a sugar plantation in Barbados, a plantation her grandfather never told anyone he owned. When Emily accompanies her cousin and his new wife to Barbados, she finds Peverills a burnt-out shell, reduced to ruins in 1816, when a rising of enslaved people sent the island up in flames. Rumors swirl around the derelict plantation; people whisper of ghosts. Why would her practical-minded grandfather leave her a property in ruins? Why are the neighboring plantation owners, the Davenants, so eager to acquire Peverills? The answer lies in the past, a tangled history of lies, greed, clandestine love, heartbreaking betrayal, and a bold bid for freedom. |
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| Physical Description: |
464 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780062839022 0062839020 9780062839039 0062839039 |
| Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |