Author: Fortuné Du BoisgobeyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Sensational Novels: The convict colonel
Author: Fortuné Du BoisgobeyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The Convict and the Colonel
Author: Richard PricePublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822338239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
An election day massacre in colonial Martinique. A "mad" artist who lives in a cave. A satirical wooden bust of a white colonel. The artist's banishment to the Devil's Island penal colony for "impertinence." And a young anthropologist who arrives in Martinique in 1962, on the eve of massive modernization. In a stunning combination of scholarship and storytelling, the award-winning anthropologist Richard Price draws on long-term ethnography, archival documents, cinema and street theater, and Caribbean fiction and poetry to explore how one generation's powerful historical metaphors could so quickly become the next generation's trivial pursuit, how memories of oppression, inequality, and struggle could so easily become replaced by nostalgia, complicity, and celebration. "A superb callaloo of a book. . . . Richard Price has a remarkable grasp of the literatures of the Caribbean, and draws on this resource to explore the underlying insanity of the colonial experience, as well as the bewildering complexities of the postcolonial world where memory is erased or invented according to the demands of a market modernity."--George Lamming, author of The Pleasures of Exile "By beautifully crafting elements as disparate as biographical data, sociological studies, literary sources, and archival documents, Richard Price's research is more fascinating than a piece of fiction."--Maryse Condé, author of I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem "Price does it again. Mixing eras, genres, and voices, he carries the reader through the contradictory streams of historical consciousness in the Caribbean island of Martinique. The result is as complex and as enticing as the sea it evokes."--Michel-Rolph Trouillot, author of Silencing the Past "Filled with insights that are at once theoretical, methodological, and ethnographic, The Convict and the Colonel is required reading for anyone interested in colonialism, memory, and contemporary Caribbean societies."--Jennifer Cole, American Ethnologist
The convict. 1847. The last of the fairies. 1848. Sir Theodore Broughton. 1848. Heidelberg. 1846. Beauchamp. 1847. The castle of Ehrenstein. 1847. Russell. 1847. Margaret Graham. 1847
Author: George Payne Rainsford JamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
Book Description
Report on the Discipline and Management of the Convict Prisons, and Disposal of Convicts, 1852
Author: Great Britain. Surveyor-General of PrisonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Convict labor
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
The Convict's Wife
Author: Libby AshworthPublisher: Canelo
ISBN: 1800327625
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Can she keep her family together? When Molly Holden’s husband, Thomas, is convicted in 1812 of being a Luddite on the word of a secret informer, he is sentenced to be transported to Australia. Left with their baby daughter, Molly must find work to survive. But the man who informed on Thomas is a former suitor of Molly’s, and Isaac believes that with Thomas out of the way she will return to him... Yet Molly is determined to join her husband and find a way to pay for passage, all the while trying to stay one step ahead of Isaac’s nefarious interferences. But will it be enough to cross the ocean and be reunited with her beloved Thomas? Based on real events, this is an inspiring Lancashire saga of one woman’s journey of love, family and survival. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Kitty Neale and June Francis. Praise for The Convict's Wife 'For all Saga fans this book is a must! I found it to be an extremely good and totally absorbing read, particularly as it is based on fact. I particularly warmed to Molly, a typical "Lancashire lass". Her sheer determination was so commendable and heart warming. A thoroughly satisfying read, I will look forward to Libby’s next novel.' LYN ANDREWS, author of The Girls from Mersey View 'A beautifully crafted saga, that kept me enthralled by Molly's love and faithfulness to her husband. A wonderful, fireside read, filled with hope and determination, just what we need in these hard times.' DIANE ALLEN, author of For the Sake of Her Family 'An exciting tale of love, intrigue and family ties set in 1812 that moves between Bolton and Australia. I look forward to reading Libby's next book in the series.' LINDA FINLAY, author of The Farringdon's Fate series 'Using her vast local knowledge and research, and her gift for transforming real history into page-turning drama, this is a captivating opener to what promises to be an exciting new series.' Lancashire Post
Our Convicts
Author: Mary CarpenterPublisher:
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Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the Prison Association of New York
Author: Prison Association of New YorkPublisher:
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Report on the Discipline of the Convict Prisons and Operation of the Act 16 & 17 Vict. Cap. 99 by which Penal Servitude was Substituted for Transportation, 1854-1855
Author: Great Britain. Surveyor-General of PrisonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prison administration
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
James Monroe Smith
Author: E. Merton CoulterPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820325252
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Few men in the history of Georgia have come down to the present in hearsay and folklore as profusely and as controversially as has James Monroe Smith, who became a millionaire farmer around the turn of the twentieth century. He was born near Washington, Georgia, in 1839 and died on his plantation a few miles from Athens in 1915. Smith’s plantation “Smithonia” was measured in terms of square miles. He developed an empire of farming and allied interests, among which was a railroad to connect his plantation with other rail lines. He served terms in the state legislature in both the house and the senate, and in 1906 ran unsuccessfully for governor. The colorful career of Smith, a bachelor, did not end with his death but was kept alive in numerous claims and counter-claims in the settling of his estate. E. Merton Coulter seeks to separate fact from fiction in his account of Smith’s varied activities and the final dissolution of his wealth.
The Prisoner in the Mask
Author: Dennis WheatleyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1448212642
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
Why would a French aristocrat renounce his country and live in exile? The answer lies in the Paris of the 1890s; a world of superficial glamour but, under the surface, deep social and political strife. The army, discredited by the Dreyfus case, was being purged. The young de Richleau, cadet and then instructor at the military academy of St. Cyr, became involved in a conspiracy - to restore the French monarchy - with the Duc de Vendome being secretly coached in his future role of King. What happens if the conspiracy is betrayed? For some: death. For de Richleau, the life of a fugitive who has declared a single-handed vendetta against the government.