Islands Of Mercy by Rose Tremain
A sweeping 19th-century tale that moves from genteel Bath to the jungles of Borneo, following a gifted nurse nicknamed the Angel of the Baths as she resists the prescribed destiny of marriage, enters a perilous love affair with another woman, and searches for a vocation that honors her desires; entwined with her path is that of a colonial official intent on founding a utopian outpost, whose ambitions and forbidden loves expose the entanglements of power, empire, and the price of seeking happiness beyond convention.
- Published
- 2020
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 368-416
- Original Language
- English
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(4.0)
- Alternate Titles
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