The Resource The fever tree, Jennifer McVeigh
The fever tree, Jennifer McVeigh
- Summary
- The story of Frances Irvine, left destitute in the wake of her father's sudden death in 1877 and forced to abandon her life of wealth and privilege in London and emigrate to South Africa, a country torn apart by the greed and exploitation of its diamond mining industry
- Language
- eng
- Note
- Publishers, dates or pagination may vary
- Isbn
- 9780425264911
- Label
- The fever tree
- Title
- The fever tree
- Statement of responsibility
- Jennifer McVeigh
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The story of Frances Irvine, left destitute in the wake of her father's sudden death in 1877 and forced to abandon her life of wealth and privilege in London and emigrate to South Africa, a country torn apart by the greed and exploitation of its diamond mining industry
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- Title
- The fever tree
- Summary
- 1880, South Africa - a land torn apart by greed... Frances Irvine, left penniless after her father's sudden death, is forced to emigrate to the Cape. In this barren country, she meets two very different men - one driven by ambition, the other by ideals. When a smallpox outbreak sends her to the diamond mines, she is drawn into a ruthless world of greed and exploitation, of human lives crushed in the scramble for power. But here - at last - she sees her path to happiness. Torn between passion and integrity, she makes a choice that has devastating consequences...
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- 10173670
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6113.C835
- LC item number
- F48 2013
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- Target audience
- adult
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- Jennifer McVeigh
- Label
- The fever tree, Jennifer McVeigh
- Note
- Publishers, dates or pagination may vary
- Related Subjects
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- Historical fiction
- South Africa
- Historical fiction
- Women -- England -- Fiction
- Men/women relations
- England
- British in South Africa
- Diamond mines and mining -- South Africa
- Self-discovery in women
- Marital conflict
- Fathers -- Death
- Love triangles
- Ocean travel
- British -- South Africa -- Fiction
- Immigration and emigration
- Diamond mines and mining -- South Africa -- Fiction
- Unhappiness in women
- Physicians
- Human rights
- Smallpox
- Smallpox -- South Africa -- Fiction
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [424]-425)
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- Isbn
- 9780425264911
- Isbn Type
- (paper)
- Lccn
- 2012026346
- Note
- cat13rev,cat65rev
- System control number
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- ocn800720147
- (OCoLC)800720147
- (OCoLC)852221590
Subject
- British -- South Africa -- Fiction
- Diamond mines and mining -- South Africa -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Smallpox -- South Africa -- Fiction
- Women -- England -- Fiction
- British in South Africa
- Diamond mines and mining -- South Africa
- England
- Fathers -- Death
- Historical fiction
- Human rights
- Immigration and emigration
- Love triangles
- Marital conflict
- Men/women relations
- Ocean travel
- Physicians
- Self-discovery in women
- Smallpox
- South Africa
- Unhappiness in women
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