The tea lords
Haasse, Hella S., 1918-20112010
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Rudolf leaves his origins in Delft by ship for Java to help run the family's estates there. He moves from plantation to plantation, attempting to understand the ways of the local people, their version of Islam and their relationship to their land. On a visit to the capital, Jakarta, he falls in love with a teenage girl, Jenny.
Main title:
The tea lords / Hella S. Haasse ; translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke.
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London : Portobello, 2010.
Collation:
341 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
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Translated from the Dutch.Formerly CIP. Uk
ISBN:
9781846271700 (hbk)
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FICTION
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EnglishDutch
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BRN:
1217034
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