This Time the Flames by David Crackanthorpe

This Time the Flames by David Crackanthorpe

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Briony has grown up in the shadow of her father, an impressive man whose past as a missionary has always been a mystery to her. Eventually she discovers the secret that has haunted him for years - whilst in Africa, he fathered a son by an African woman.

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This Time the Flames by David Crackanthorpe

Briony West has grown up in the shadow of her father - an impressive man whose past as a missionary in Rhodesia has always been a mystery to her. But one day she discovers the secret that has haunted him for years - whilst in Africa, he fathered a son by an African woman. Matthew is now a young man and, despite his missionary education and light skin, he and his mother are part of a population controlled by a European colonial society. Shocked by the conditions she imagines her half-brother to face, in 1939 Briony decides to travel to Africa with the hope of advancing him in the world. But her arrival coincides with political unrest and she soon finds that her hopes for reconciliation are hanging by a thread in the midst of a country torn apart by war.
David Crackanthorpe was born at Newbiggin, Westmoreland. He studied law at Oxford University and practised as a barrister in London. He now lives in France, where he has worked as a forester, gardener and cultivator of olive trees.
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ISBN 13 9780747270461
ISBN 10 0747270465
Title This Time the Flames
Author David Crackanthorpe
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Headline Publishing Group
Year published 2003-05-06
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.