Silk Merchant's Son

Burke, Peter
Silk Merchant's Son

Silk Merchant's Son

Burke, Peter

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The road to hell is paved with good intentions, silk and sermons.

In 1846, linguistics professor Fabrice Cleriquot is despatched from Lyon to the Swan River Colony, sent away with a box full of silkworms to stop him from bringing more disgrace upon the family. Accompanying him on board the Elizabeth are twenty-eight mismatched and misguided Catholic missionaries including Dom Salvado, who seeks to create a Spanish Benedictine monastery deep in the bush, and the Irish Sisters of Mercy, who are fleeing a dreadful famine.

Given the job of distributing a huge donation from a wealthy benefactress, Fabrice bears witness to the folly of his travelling companions whose presumptuous attempts to rescue the colony and the original inhabitants from themselves, can only lead to tragedy.

Author:   Burke, Peter
Publisher:   Fremantle Press
ISBN:  

9781760991678


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   02 May 2023
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.

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The road to hell is paved with good intentions, silk and sermons.

In 1846, linguistics professor Fabrice Cleriquot is despatched from Lyon to the Swan River Colony, sent away with a box full of silkworms to stop him from bringing more disgrace upon the family. Accompanying him on board the Elizabeth are twenty-eight mismatched and misguided Catholic missionaries including Dom Salvado, who seeks to create a Spanish Benedictine monastery deep in the bush, and the Irish Sisters of Mercy, who are fleeing a dreadful famine.

Given the job of distributing a huge donation from a wealthy benefactress, Fabrice bears witness to the folly of his travelling companions whose presumptuous attempts to rescue the colony and the original inhabitants from themselves, can only lead to tragedy.

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Author:   Burke, Peter
Publisher:   Fremantle Press
ISBN:  

9781760991678


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   02 May 2023
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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