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Sugar money / Jane Harris.
By: Harris, Jane.
Publisher: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2017Description: 271 pages (large print).Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781510089914 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Martinique -- History -- 18th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Large type books.DDC classification: 823.9'2 Summary: Martinique, 1765, and brothers Emile and Lucien are charged by their French master, Father Cleophas, with a mission. They must return to Grenada, the island they once called home, and smuggle back the 42 slaves claimed by English invaders at the hospital plantation in Fort Royal. While Lucien, barely in his teens, sees the trip as a great adventure, the older and worldlier Emile has no illusions about the dangers they will face. But with no choice other than to obey Cleophas - and sensing the possibility, however remote, of finding his first love Celeste - he sets out with his brother on this 'reckless venture'.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Eccleston Library Large Print | Available | 38055013282694 |
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Martinique, 1765, and brothers Emile and Lucien are charged by their French master, Father Cleophas, with a mission. They must return to Grenada, the island they once called home, and smuggle back the 42 slaves claimed by English invaders at the hospital plantation in Fort Royal. While Lucien, barely in his teens, sees the trip as a great adventure, the older and worldlier Emile has no illusions about the dangers they will face. But with no choice other than to obey Cleophas - and sensing the possibility, however remote, of finding his first love Celeste - he sets out with his brother on this 'reckless venture'.