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1880, South Africa - a land torn apart by greed...Frances Irvine, left penniless after her father's sudden death, is forced to emigrate to the Cape. In this barren country, she meets two very different men - one driven by ambition, the other by ideals. When a smallpox outbreak sends her to the diamond mines, she is drawn into a ruthless world of greed and exploitation, of human lives crushed in the scramble for power. But here - at last - she sees her path to happiness. Torn between passion and integrity, she makes a choice that has devastating consequences...
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The fever tree, Jennifer McVeigh
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- 2012
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- Title
- The fever tree
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jennifer McVeigh
- Publisher
- Viking
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0670920908
- ISBN13
- 9780670920907
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Love, England, 19th century, Great Britain, Africa, London, Loss, Struggle for Power, South Africa, Diamanten, Smallpox
- Original title
- The fever-tree
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
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- 1880, South Africa - a land torn apart by greed...Frances Irvine, left penniless after her father's sudden death, is forced to emigrate to the Cape. In this barren country, she meets two very different men - one driven by ambition, the other by ideals. When a smallpox outbreak sends her to the diamond mines, she is drawn into a ruthless world of greed and exploitation, of human lives crushed in the scramble for power. But here - at last - she sees her path to happiness. Torn between passion and integrity, she makes a choice that has devastating consequences...