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Shadows of Empire

Alan McKee
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The greatest tragedy of Queen Victoria's reign......was the fate of over 100 women and children who werehacked to pieces with meat cleavers by the rebelforces of the Great Mutiny. Henry Booth remembershis early childhood in India and knows his motherwas one of the victims of the infamous Cawnporemassacre. He has spent a quiet life in England tryingto recover from the the nightmare of her death. Butwhen Henry suddenly receives his mother's diaryfrom Calcutta and learns the truths that it lays bare, everything the young Englishman believes is calledinto question. Pursued by the past, Henry goesfrom being a respectable Oxford student to being ahunted murderer, chased by police and a deadly cultof killers who want the secrets that lie hidden in hismother's diary. Along the way Henry falls in lovewith an Indian courtesan and is caught up in theGreat Game, the power struggle between the Britishand Russian empires, the superpowers of the Victorianage. Henry must take sides and his life will neverbe the same. No matter what choice he makes, hewill have to betray those closest to him

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Nombre de pages :
472
Langue:
Anglais

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EAN:
9780981352428
Date de parution :
13-01-10
Format:
Livre broché
Format numérique:
Trade paperback (VS)
Dimensions :
152 mm x 229 mm
Poids :
684 g

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