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The Silk Merchant's Son

By Peter Burke

The Silk Merchant's Son

By Peter Burke

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In 1846, linguistics professor Fabrice Cleriquot is despatched from Lyon to the Swan River Colony, sent away with a box full of silkworms to stop him from bringing more disgrace upon the family. Accompanying him on board the Elizabeth are twenty-eight mismatched and misguided Catholic missionaries including Dom Salvado, who seeks to create a Spanish Benedictine monastery deep in the bush, and the Irish Sisters of Mercy, who are fleeing a dreadful famine. Given the job of distributing a huge donation from a wealthy benefactress, Fabrice bears witness to the folly of his travelling companions whose presumptuous attempts to rescue the colony and the original inhabitants from themselves, can only lead to tragedy.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
402
Release Date:
2023-09-05
Publication Date:
2023-09-05
Publisher:
Fremantle Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1760991678
ISBN13:
9781760991678
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
672 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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