Houses of stone : a novel / David L. Bateman.
"Following the adventures, trials, achievements and passions of two generations of the Howard family, the novel begins in Second World War Britain, where young naval officer Philip Howard meets his future wife, Catherine. They go on to experience the challenges of life in Kenya during the Mau M...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Albany, Auckland :
David Bateman,
2012.
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| Summary: | "Following the adventures, trials, achievements and passions of two generations of the Howard family, the novel begins in Second World War Britain, where young naval officer Philip Howard meets his future wife, Catherine. They go on to experience the challenges of life in Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising and in Rhodesia as it stumbles to become independent Zimbabwe. Meanwhile other members of the family enter into the cut-and-thrust of the publishing world as they build a trans-Atlantic multimedia empire." -- Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | "A family in war and peace" -- Cover. |
| Physical Description: | 333 pages ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 1869538293 9781869538293 |