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Author:

McVeigh, Jennifer.

Title:

The fever tree / Jennifer McVeigh.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, Cengage Learning,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

625 pages (large print) ; 23 cm

Subject:

Women--England--Fiction.
British--South Africa--Fiction.
Diamond mines and mining--South Africa--Fiction.
Smallpox--South Africa--Fiction.
Large type books.
Historical fiction.

Summary:

London, 1880. Left destitute after her father's death, Frances Irvine is forced to abandon her life of privilege and emigrate to South Africa. In a remote and inhospitable land, she becomes entangled with two very different men - one driven by ambition, the other by his ideals. Only when the rumor of a smallpox epidemic takes her into the dark heart of the diamond mines does she see her path to happiness. But this is a ruthless world . . .

Series:

Thorndike Press large print historical fiction

ISBN:

1410459381 (hardcover)
9781410459381 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)830030388

LCCN:

2013009071

Locations:

BRPD251 -- Adel Public Library (Adel)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

VKPE334 -- Oelwein Public Library (Oelwein)