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A young squire inhabits an ancestral Tudor estate burdened by tradition, debt, and family eccentricities, and becomes restless under the expectations of country life. Attracted by passion and the promise of change, he departs for a distant British colony where the ordered rhythms of home give way to harsher, unfamiliar surroundings. The narrative traces his adjustment to colonial existence, encounters and tensions with local Indigenous communities, and the escalation of personal and communal violence, while exploring themes of honor, fate, cultural collision, and the costs of pursuing desire and adventure far from home.

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Title: "War to the Knife;" or, Tangata Maori

Author: Rolf Boldrewood

Release date: October 24, 2016 [eBook #53358]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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"WAR TO THE KNIFE"

OR

TANGATA MAORI
BY
ROLF BOLDREWOOD
AUTHOR OF
"ROBBERY UNDER ARMS," ETC.

London
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1899

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