The Silk Merchant's Son (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781760991678)

In 1846, linguistics professor Fabrice Cleriquot is despatched from Lyon to the Swan River Colony, sent away with a box full of silkworms to stop him from bringing more disgrace upon the family. Accompanying him on board the Elizabeth are twenty-eight mismatched and misguided Catholic missionaries including Dom Salvado, who seeks to create a Spanish Benedictine monastery deep in the bush, and the Irish Sisters of Mercy, who are fleeing a dreadful famine. Given the job of distributing a huge donation from a wealthy benefactress, Fabrice bears witness to the folly of his travelling companions whose presumptuous attempts to rescue the colony and the original inhabitants from themselves, can only lead to tragedy.

Author: Peter Burke
ISBN-10: 1760991678
ISBN-13: 9781760991678
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Language: English
Published: 09/05/2023
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.00d