Savage Lands

Author: Clare Clark
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Book Format: Paperback

It is 1704 and, in the swamps of Louisiana, France is clinging on to its new colony with less than two hundred men. Into this hostile land comes Elisabeth Savaret, one of twenty-three women sent from Paris to marry men they have never met. With little expectation of happiness, Elisabeth is stunned to find herself falling passionately in love with her husband, infrantryman Jean-Claude Babelon.But Babelon is a dangerous man to love. Witness to Elisabeth's devotion is another of his acolytes, Auguste, a young boy despatched to act as a go-between with the 'redskins'. When both Elisabeth and Auguste find their love challenged by Babelon's duplicity, the consequences are devastating.Longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2010.

About Clare Clark
Clare Clark is the author of three highly acclaimed historical novels: The Great Stink, Savage Lands (both longlisted for the Orange Prize), The Nature of Monsters and Beautiful Lies. Born in 1967, she graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a double first in History, and now lives in London with her husband and two children.

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SKU BK-9780099546641
Barcode # 9780099546641
Brand Vintage
Artist / Author Clare Clark
Shipping Weight 0.3400kg
Shipping Width 0.129m
Shipping Height 0.024m
Shipping Length 0.198m
Assembled Length 19.800m
Assembled Height 2.400m
Assembled Width 12.900m
Type Paperback

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