1821: Among the thousands of Irish deportees to the Caribbean British Colonies is a 10-year-old Irish boy, Art O’Neill. As an indentured servant on a sugar plantation in Jamaica, Art gradually acclimatizes to the exotic country and the...
Sugar plantations
- Author:Collins, OliveSummary:
- Author:Allende, IsabelSummary:
"Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers." — Los Angeles Times From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, the latest novel from New York...
- Author:Rao, NilimaSummary:
1914, Fiji: Akal Singh, 25, would rather be anywhere but this tropical paradise-or, as he calls it, "this godforsaken island." After a promising start to his police career in Hong Kong, Akal has been sent to Fiji as punishment for a...