The Prisoner of Paradise
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
140883037X
ISBN-13
9781408830376
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 14th, 2013
Print length
400 Pages
Weight
278 grams
Dimensions
13.10 x 19.80 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Historical fiction
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A lyrical, beguiling story of slavery, freedom, identity and forbidden love from the Booker-shortlisted author of Reef
Lucy Gladwell arrives in Mauritius from England to live with her aunt and uncle at their grand plantation house. Under the surface of this beautiful island paradise, poised between India and Africa, there is unease, and Lucy cannot help but feel discomfited by the restrictions she sees around her, and by the strangely attractive Don Lambodar, a young translator from Ceylon. It is 1825: the age of slavery is coming to its messy end, and word is lapping against the shores of the island of a charismatic new Indian leader who will shine the light of liberty. For Lucy, for Don, for everyone on the island, a devastating storm is coming...
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