The Bodley Head, 1986, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good (ex-library), Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First
Hardcover. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: The Bodley Head, UK, 1986. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good (ex-library) condition and comes in good dust jacket. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: More than 100 years before the American Revolution a fight for freedom from England was waged in the West Indies. Hoover's carefully researched historical novel, the tale of gentleman-turned-buccaneer Hugh Winston and independent Barbados colonist Kay Bedford, is an easy-to-read, exciting history of the Caribbean. Africans enslaved to work the sugar cane fields, drugged with the cane waste product ''rum'' to keep them subdued; Irish and English indentured servants, virtually slaves themselves; settlers struggling with the elements and European politics; and the misfit ruffians called ''boucaniers'' all are brought vividly to life in the story of the first American revolution. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 0370307054. ISBN/EAN: 9780370307053. Inventory No: 06100332. *** FREE tracked shipping for all orders within Australia ***
Hardcover. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: The Bodley Head, UK, 1986. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good (ex-library) condition and comes in good dust jacket. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: More than 100 years before the American Revolution a fight for freedom from England was waged in the West Indies. Hoover's carefully researched historical novel, the tale of gentleman-turned-buccaneer Hugh Winston and independent Barbados colonist Kay Bedford, is an easy-to-read, exciting history of the Caribbean. Africans enslaved to work the sugar cane fields, drugged with the cane waste product ''rum'' to keep them subdued; Irish and English indentured servants, virtually slaves themselves; settlers struggling with the elements and European politics; and the misfit ruffians called ''boucaniers'' all are brought vividly to life in the story of the first American revolution. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 0370307054. ISBN/EAN: 9780370307053. Inventory No: 06100332. *** FREE tracked shipping for all orders within Australia ***