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A Legacy of Bones - Doug Burgess

A Legacy of Bones

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Buch | Softcover
304 Seiten
2023
Sourcebooks Landmark (Verlag)
978-1-7282-5911-6 (ISBN)
CHF 17,90 inkl. MwSt
Some legacies are best abandoned...

A legacy of loss.

1600s: Hawaiian fishermen attempt to carve a life on a small island of rugged beauty. Mid-century, those who've survived the tsunamis and floods flee the place forever, dubbing it Kaumaha-Misery Island.

A legacy of lies.

1847: King Kamehameha chuckles at his good fortune when he rids himself of Kaumaha in a sale to Reverend Amyas Lathrop of Massachusetts, who is looking for a fresh start for his congregation. But faith is stretched to its limits when a mysterious illness devastates the island year after year...

A legacy of bones.

Present day: Ogden Lathrop hates Kaumaha, and his apathy has ruined all that his ancestors built. He is beyond thrilled when he closes a deal to sell the crumbling tax liability to a local developer for twenty million dollars-villagers and family be damned.

But the Lathrop women feel differently. Family matriarch Eleanor seeks a fair solution for all involved, while her strong-willed granddaughter, Lani, born of two cultures, vows she will protect the island and its people to the last. When violence erupts, more than one casualty is found amidst the rubble, and the family grapples with the sins of both present and past generations. Now they must choose the legacy they'll leave behind. Can an island named Misery ever hope for a better future?

Doug Burgess grew up in a small town just across the bay from Little Compton, where his family has lived for over 350 years. He has authored numerous books on maritime history, including Engines of Empire: Steamships and the Victorian Imagination (Stanford University Press, 2016) and The Politics of Piracy (University Press of New England, 2015). He has also published short fiction in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and other periodicals. Burgess is a professor of history in Manhattan.

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 210 mm
Gewicht 279 g
Themenwelt Literatur Historische Romane
Literatur Krimi / Thriller / Horror Historische Kriminalromane
ISBN-10 1-7282-5911-8 / 1728259118
ISBN-13 978-1-7282-5911-6 / 9781728259116
Zustand Neuware
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