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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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The fever tree, Jennifer McVeigh
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- Année de publication
- 2012
- Reliure
- (souple)
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- Titre
- The fever tree
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Jennifer McVeigh
- Éditeur
- Viking
- Publié
- 2012
- Format
- souple
- ISBN10
- 0670920908
- ISBN13
- 9780670920907
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Amour, 19e siècle, Angleterre, Grande-Bretagne, Afrique, Londres, Perte, Lutte pour le pouvoir, République d'Afrique du Sud, Diamants, Variole
- Titre original
- The fever-tree
- Évaluation
- 3,7 sur 5
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- 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...