A novel inspired by Little Women, set around MANCHESTER
Redlegs
Location(s): Barbados
Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
Era(s): 1830s
It is 1830, and Elspeth, the most eye-catching member of a family of Scottish actors, is invited to Barbados by the owner of a sugar plantation, Lord Coak. But soon after Elspeth arrives, a storm destroys both her acting ambitions and the titled young man she hoped to marry.
At this point, an exotic romance becomes politically fascinating. Coak leaves Elspeth in charge of his plantation along with his disgruntled overseer, Captain Shaw. In the face of a dwindling local population, they decide to import women workers from Scotland to attract white men and reinvigorate the colony. But the women are a bedraggled lot. Unsuitable relationships follow in this strange new Caledonia, where children are born who have to be hidden or given away. A violent outcome seems inevitable
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