# The Bequest

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- Authors: [John De Falbe](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-de-falbe)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2012-12-18

## Description

1864. After three years of service in the Russian navy and a gruelling expedition to Greenland, Captain Frederik Ziege of the Royal Danish Navy is enjoying a season on the Riviera with his mother, sister and two marriageable nieces. There he meets Emmeline Leslie, the young Australian widow of a bush pioneer. The differences between their complex histories enrich the ensuing romance, but frustrate their search for a home. The Bequest is a novel about identity and belonging, about the place of history and memory in uprooted lives and, at its heart it is the story of a passionate love affair.

## Editions

### The Bequest

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9957-809-3
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2012-12-18
- Language: en_GB