ASIN: B00LFJGELE
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 605
New Zealand, 1857. Son of an immigrant shepherd, David Lawrence has a strong will to fight with fate. This new land is his land. He is going to own some of it and take a hand in shaping its society. Donald Enderby, son of a wealthy run holder, and a visceral defender of privilege, opposes him from his schooldays, competing for land, for business directorships, for political success, and for Anna, his childhood friend, married to Donald, and whom too late, David has come to love.Motherless from two years old, toughened by the harsh experiences of station life, David yearns for the love he has never experienced. A disastrous marriage on the West Coast gold fields leaves him with a baby son, and a loss of faith in his judgement of women. Greta, the gentle daughter of a German storekeeper in Hokitika who has befriended him, cares for his son, and eventually they marry.Hard won success in ...
