Blackness in White - Craven, Miles
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It is 1778 in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Sixteen-year-old Nell Cooper is doted on by her baronet father, Sir Patrick, a man acutely status conscious and highly susceptible of slights. He is a rich West India planter who brings home from Barbados a slave girl, Olu, as a 'pet' for his daughter. The two girls are uneasy companions, each in their own way strong and defiant. Nell, through whose eyes the story is told, expects Olu to be a grateful, submissive slave happy with her lot, but, as she quickly discovers, this is far from being the case. Yet in spite of everything the two girls grow…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
It is 1778 in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Sixteen-year-old Nell Cooper is doted on by her baronet father, Sir Patrick, a man acutely status conscious and highly susceptible of slights. He is a rich West India planter who brings home from Barbados a slave girl, Olu, as a 'pet' for his daughter. The two girls are uneasy companions, each in their own way strong and defiant. Nell, through whose eyes the story is told, expects Olu to be a grateful, submissive slave happy with her lot, but, as she quickly discovers, this is far from being the case. Yet in spite of everything the two girls grow close, a development not lost on Sir Patrick who starts to regret bringing Olu home. Soon the baronet is having the pair watched, using as a spy his evil steward and attorney, Archibald Vine.
Autorenporträt
Miles Craven jest moim pseudonimem, po¿¿czeniem imienia, z którym si¿ urodzi¿em (Michael Craven) i imienia, które zast¿pi¿o go (Michael Miles), kiedy moja matka ponownie wysz¿a za m¿¿. Mieszkaj¿cy w Pó¿nocnej Walii Yorkshireman, jestem autorem pi¿ciu poprzednich powie¿ci: Mroczny szatäski m¿yn, Orze¿ i damski zabójca, etc.