The Bequest
John De Falbe
  • Published: 18 December 2012
  • ISBN: 9780099578093
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $27.99
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'A tremendously powerful and superbly written tale of love' Sunday Telegraph

1864. After three years of service in the Russian navy and a gruelling expedition to Greenland, Captain Frederik Ziege of the Royal Danish Navy is enjoying a season on the Riviera with his mother, sister and two marriageable nieces. There he meets Emmeline Leslie, the young Australian widow of a bush pioneer. The differences between their complex histories enrich the ensuing romance, but frustrate their search for a home. The Bequest is a novel about identity and belonging, about the place of history and memory in uprooted lives and, at its heart it is the story of a passionate love affair.
  • Published: 18 December 2012
  • ISBN: 9780099578093
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $27.99
Categories:

About the author

John De Falbe

John de Falbe is director of the team of booksellers at the legendary John Sandoe, one of London's outstanding literary bookshops. He is the author of The Glass Night and a regular critic for the Spectator.

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