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The lives of four young people--Princess Rachel, Jamie Oran, Mamkinga, and Toomi--are drawn together in a mission to take the fabled nineteenth-century African kingdom of Gondar
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This sweeping novel of 19th century Abyssinia takes the reader from the royal palace at Gondar, the ancient capital, to the coastal slave markets and the horrors of the ships that carried human cargo to the New World. In addition, there's a side journey to Scotland and the infamous Highland Clearances when the peasantry were forced off the land to make way for sheep. Rachel, heir to Gondar, is forced to flee her kingdom when an evil priest, Abba Salama, joins forces with the ruler of the neighboring Galla to invade her country. She is aided in her travels by Toomi, child of the ruler of Malinda, another neighboring kingdom, who, with her twin brother Mamkinga, had been stolen by slavers as children. The two girls roam North Africa seeking Mamkinga, pursued by Abba Salama's men. Intertwined with their story is that of Jamie Oran, a young Scotsman orphaned in the Clearances who as a boy was fired with a wild enthusiasm for Africa by Dr. Livingstone's wife. Eventually he joins an expedition seeking the source of the Nile. How these protagonists unite to defeat Abba Salama forms the basis of this colorful epic that depicts many facets of African history. Although he sometimes takes liberties with Abyssinian history, in this first novel British writer Luard provides sex, violence, horror, beauty and love in a well written and very readable mix. Major ad/promo; paperback rights to Pocket Books.
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Luard,Nicholas Gondar Considerable wear and creasing to cover. Unmarked but lightly tanning pages. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers. Seller Inventory # 440687
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. The lives of four young people--Princess Rachel, Jamie Oran, Mamkinga, and Toomi--are drawn together in a mission to take the fabled nineteenth-century African kingdom of Gondar Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123671751
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The lives of four young people--Princess Rachel, Jamie Oran, Mamkinga, and Toomi--are drawn together in a mission to take the fabled nineteenth-century African kingdom of Gondar Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123576280
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Paperback. First Edition Thus [1989]; First Printing, so stated and further indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good in Wraps: the binding leans a bit while remaining secure; the backstrip shows a couple of stress creases and there is a crease along the front 'hinge' and a very faint crease near the lower corner of the front panel; a small snag at the outside edge of the rear panel; the expected light tanning to the text pages, due to aging; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, tightly bound; showing mild wear and several minor flaws. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (6.75 x 4.25 x 1.15 inches). 659 pages. Language: English. Weight: 11 ounces. First published in Hardback in Britain by Century Hutchinson. Mass Market Paperback. A deceptively ordinary book that may overshadowed by the usual suspects of the best seller list, but "Gondar" is a very definite standout. The pace and scope is reminiscent of late nineteenth century author H. Rider Haggard and his famous "King Solomon's Mines" and has the same gripping interest as any of Mr Haggard's African works. From the moment I entered his 'world' I was transported into the fascinating but often incredibly brutal realities of early nineteenth century Africa,and the beauty, majesty and mysticism of this ancient yet raw continent and its people. The story revolves around four very different principal characters, all destinied to draw together to overthrow a common enemy. I absolutely loved this book. There are powerful elements of fantasy woven in with history, adventure, romance and at times unspeakable brutality, the African slave trade of the time especially raw in its depiction of man's inhumanity to man. We truly see the horrors of slavery for what they are. But this book offfers so much more.read and enjoy. It's a cult classic. First Edition Thus [1989]; First Printing, so stated and further indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Seller Inventory # 54605