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The Spoils of Eden

Robert H. Fowler

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Description:An even-handed, muscular historical novel about sugar-plantation life in 17th century Barbados--focusing, like Fowler's Jason McGee (1979), on the tragic consequences of ethnic hatreds. Lively, educated Charlotte Faxley, though locally and suitably engaged, is handily seduced by Royalist houseguest Richard Bolton--former indentured servant on a Roundhead's Barbados plantation, now (thanks to the Restoration) owner of his own plantation. Charlotte and Richard wed, departing for Barbados; during the voyage she befriends a father-son pair of Quakers (they're being ""Barbadosed"" for sedition); she meets Dr. David Higgan-botham, who agrees to help the younger Quaker. And, once arrived, Charlotte adjusts to English-planter society--learning about the complex sugar-cane industry (with its absolute dependence on slave labor), suppressing her reactions against the slave traffic. (After all, Richard is ""just"" in his slave-handling, keeping flogging to a minimum despite the overseer's protests.)--KirkusWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Spoils of Eden. To get started finding The Spoils of Eden, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 387

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Dodd, Mead

Release: 1985

ISBN: 0396084907

Description: An even-handed, muscular historical novel about sugar-plantation life in 17th century Barbados--focusing, like Fowler's Jason McGee (1979), on the tragic consequences of ethnic hatreds. Lively, educated Charlotte Faxley, though locally and suitably engaged, is handily seduced by Royalist houseguest Richard Bolton--former indentured servant on a Roundhead's Barbados plantation, now (thanks to the Restoration) owner of his own plantation. Charlotte and Richard wed, departing for Barbados; during the voyage she befriends a father-son pair of Quakers (they're being ""Barbadosed"" for sedition); she meets Dr. David Higgan-botham, who agrees to help the younger Quaker. And, once arrived, Charlotte adjusts to English-planter society--learning about the complex sugar-cane industry (with its absolute dependence on slave labor), suppressing her reactions against the slave traffic. (After all, Richard is ""just"" in his slave-handling, keeping flogging to a minimum despite the overseer's protests.)--KirkusWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Spoils of Eden. To get started finding The Spoils of Eden, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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