Rosemary Hayes

The Blue-Eyed Aborigine (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

It is 1629, and there is mutiny in the air aboard the Dutch ship Batavia as she plies her way towards Java with her precious cargo. Jan, a cabin boy, and Wouter, a young soldier, find themselves caught up in the tragic wrecking and bloody revolt that follow. But worse is to come...

Based on the diaries of the ship's Commander, Rosemary Hayes recaptures some of sea history's most dramatic moments, linking the fates of of Jan and Wouter with discoveries that intrigue Australians to this day.

Praise for Payback:

"This is contemporary novel-writing at its most relevant."

The Independent

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781907666445
• Artikelnr.: 40472791

Autorenporträt

Rosemary Hayes lives and works in Cambridgeshire. She has written numerous books for children including historical and contemporary fiction and fantasy many of which have been shortlisted for awards. She is also a reader for an authors' advisory service and enjoys helping unpublished writers to hone their skills. Rosemary lived in Australia for six years, and her first children's novel Race Against Time, set in Australia, was runner-up for the Kathleen Fidler Award. Rosemary's first Frances Lincoln book, Mixing It, about the relationship between a Muslim girl and a non Muslim boy against a background of terrorism, was shortlisted for the South Lanarkshire Book Award. Her next book, Payback, is based on the actual experiences of a young Muslim woman who was brave enough to defy her family and reject the husband chosen for her.