Author: Rolf BoldrewoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
"War to the Knife"
Author: Rolf BoldrewoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
"War to the Knife;" or, Tangata Maori
Author: Rolf BoldrewoodPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
This work presents an intriguing story based on the war of Maori. The war took place between the New Zealand Colonial government and allied Maori on one side and Maori and Maori-allied settlers on the other. The romantic novelist Rolf Boldrewood has blended the past and the period in which he wrote the book remarkably. The events described in this romance of the Maori war were of the sixties, but the people and localities belonged to 1899. The vivid descriptions and skills of the author along with the unique plot made this work stand out during its time. Excerpt from "War to the Knife;" or, Tangata Maori "Think of the grand hall, sixty feet in length, twenty-six in width, extending to the roof with its fine old oaken rafters and queer post trusses! Think of the floor of polished oak, the walls with their priceless oak panelling, with carved frieze and moulded cornice; the mullioned windows, with arched openings giving light to King Edward's corridor on the first floor, carried across one corner of the hall by the angle gallery!"
The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict
Author: James BelichPublisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 1775582000
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
First published in 1986, James Belich's groundbreaking book and the television series based upon it transformed New Zealanders' understanding of New Zealand's great "civil war": struggles between Maori and Pakeha in the 19th century. Revealing the enormous tactical and military skill of Maori, and the inability of the Victorian interpretation of racial conflict to acknowledge those qualities, Belich's account of the New Zealand Wars offered a very different picture from the one previously given in historical works. This bestselling classic of New Zealand history and Belich's larger argument about the impact of historical interpretation resonates today.
From Silence to Voice
Author: Paola Della VallePublisher: Oratia Media Ltd
ISBN: 187751411X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The first comprehensive history of how Maori have emerged from the silence of depictions by European writers to claim their own literary voice, with a focus on Patricia Grace and Witi Ihimaera
A Guide to Historical Fiction
Author: Ernest Albert BakerPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
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The Japan Daily Mail
Author: The Bookman
Author: The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author: The Increasing Purpose
Author: James Lane AllenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
An historical novel which presents the economic importance of hemp as a early raw material for clothing, maritime ropes, and other cordage products. There is information about the growing and harvesting of hemp in this book.
The Lost Prince
Author: Francis Hodgson BurnettPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Stefan Loristan is a Samavian patriot working to overthrow the cruel dictatorship in the kingdom of Samavia. Stefan and his son Marco father come to London where Marco strikes up a friendship with a crippled street urchin known as The Rat. The friendship occurs when Marco overhears The Rat shouting in military form. Marco discovers he had stumbled upon a club known as the Squad, where the boys drill under the leadership of The Rat, whose education and imagination far exceeds their own. Stefan, realizing that two boys are less likely to be noticed, entrusts them with a secret mission to travel across Europe giving the secret sign: 'The Lamp is lighted.'