Season of the Jew (A Nonpareil Book, #55) - Softcover

Shadbolt, Maurice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879237538 ISBN 13: 9780879237530

Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1994

Synopsis

Book by Maurice Shadbolt

About this title

From Library Journal:

Based on historical fact, this is a wonderful story of little-known events and characters in the dramatic 19th-century colonial history of New Zealand. Lieutenant George Fairweather, late of her Majesty's British Imperial Army, has resigned his commission and journeyed east to Poverty Bay, seeking new vistas to paint and hoping to resume his relationship with a half-caste Maori woman. Ever on the outside looking in, a man who shies away from permanent ties, Fairweather is enlisted in the defense of the colonists, against the rebel Kooti and his followers, who liken themselves to the Israelites cast out of Egypt, led by a new Moses. Tough and tragic, this novel powerfully explores some universal themes: the futility of war and the rights of the conqueror and the conquered. It deserves a wide audience. Highly recommended. Lydia Burruel Johnson, Mesa P.L., Ariz.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

"Based on a gory series of skirmishes near Wellington between 1868 and 1869, this novel combines a knockout of a war story, a tour of as yet unexploited Maori country, an account of British imperialism and a portrait of native life and customs to create a vivid pageant of colonial New Zealand," praised PW . Illustrated.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0879237538
• ISBN 13: 9780879237530
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384