{"product_id":"this-still-hearth-charlotte-chidell-9781923216693","title":"This Still Hearth","description":"\u003cp\u003eKatherine Young, born into a family of master mariners, leaves her East London home in Regency England to travel to distant St Helena. She meets Anthony Beale at a Plantation House ball. They marry in June 1814. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the Europeans, the South Atlantic Island is a veritable Garden of Eden, remote from world affairs and run with soldier-like precision under the direction of the Honourable East India Company. The men are employed in a civilian or military capacity and receive generous rewards. The women spend time in the congenial company of friends and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll is not well in Paradise. Introduced goats and wild boar run wild and have destroyed large swathes of native vegetation. Ineffective farming practices ensure the islanders are dependent on imported foodstuffs. Underemployed drunken soldiers occupy scarce hospital beds. Hard labour is undertaken by Chinese imported workers or slaves whose lives are wretched. The catalyst, when it comes, is unexpected. Individual and organisational responses create an irrevocable ripple effect. The Beales do not remain unscathed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmploying an epistolary narrative style and drawing inspiration from Katherine's own writing, This Still Hearth uses metaphors and poetry to recreate Katherine Beale's unique story in a biographical novel that's sure to keep you engaged until the very last page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlotte Chidell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1923216694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781923216693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlotte Chidell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.11d","brand":"Charlotte Chidell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873978102015,"sku":"9781923216693","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-still-hearth-charlotte-chidell-9781923216693","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}