Miguel Sousa Tavares
It is 1905 and Luis Bernardo Valenca, a thirty-seven-year-old bachelor and owner of a small shipping company, is revelling in Lisbonâ€™s grand and luxurious high society. But his life is turned upside down when King Dom Carlos invites him to become governor of Portugalâ€™s smallest colony, the island of SÃ£o TomÃ© e Principe. Luis Bernardo is ill-prepared for the challenges of plantation life â€“ used to a softer urban existence, he is shocked by the conditions under which the workers labour.,But with the English closing in on SÃ£o TomÃ©â€™s cocoa plantations, the islandâ€™s main means of survival, Luis Bernardo must endeavour to protect the island and its community.
Fiction,Romance,Historical,Historical Fiction,Cultural,Portugal,European Literature,Portuguese Literature,Historical,Literature,Cultural,Africa,Novels,Central Africa,Sao Tome and Principe
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