La Rochelle's Road

Romance, Historical, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book La Rochelle's Road by Tanya Moir, Penguin Random House New Zealand
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Author: Tanya Moir ISBN: 9781869793395
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Publication: April 1, 2011
Imprint: RHNZ Adult ebooks Language: English
Author: Tanya Moir
ISBN: 9781869793395
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand
Publication: April 1, 2011
Imprint: RHNZ Adult ebooks
Language: English

**This is a story of settling in a new land, of hardship, resilience and of love.**In 1866, Daniel Peterson and his family give up their comfortable life in London for an unseen farm on Banks Peninsula. Daniel plans to make a fortune growing grass-seed; until he does so, there can be no going back. But the realities of a remote hill country block are very different to the cosy imaginings of a clerk. The Petersons find themselves at the mercy of the land, the weather and their few neighbours - a motley, suspicious assortment of old whalers, escaped convicts, wary French settlers and true-blue Tory squatters. Even their own house has a secret to hide - that of its first inhabitant, the scandalous Etienne La Rochelle and his Maori lover. When Daniel's daughter Hester discovers La Rochelle's journal, it leads her on a journey of discovery - a path into a world of beauty, darkness and illicit love, which she may follow if she dares.

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**This is a story of settling in a new land, of hardship, resilience and of love.**In 1866, Daniel Peterson and his family give up their comfortable life in London for an unseen farm on Banks Peninsula. Daniel plans to make a fortune growing grass-seed; until he does so, there can be no going back. But the realities of a remote hill country block are very different to the cosy imaginings of a clerk. The Petersons find themselves at the mercy of the land, the weather and their few neighbours - a motley, suspicious assortment of old whalers, escaped convicts, wary French settlers and true-blue Tory squatters. Even their own house has a secret to hide - that of its first inhabitant, the scandalous Etienne La Rochelle and his Maori lover. When Daniel's daughter Hester discovers La Rochelle's journal, it leads her on a journey of discovery - a path into a world of beauty, darkness and illicit love, which she may follow if she dares.

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