Bibliograph

The silk merchant's son, Peter Burke

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The silk merchant's son, Peter Burke

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Bibliography: pages 397-398

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fiction

Main title

The silk merchant's son

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bibliography

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Peter Burke

Summary

In 1845, carrying a quantity of silkworms and a huge donation from a wealthy benefactress, Fabrice Cleriquot is hastily dispatched to the Swan River Colony, an English Protestant outpost on the verge of financial collapse. Joining Fabrice are twenty-eight mismatched Catholic missionaries. Bishop John Brady has a diocese half the size of Europe and not a penny left to run it; Dom Salvado wants a Spanish Benedictine monastery in the middle of nowhere; and the Irish Sisters of Mercy hope to 'rescue' little girls from the bush to raise as good Christians. As Europe descends into turmoil and the new world stubbornly resists the missionary dream, the silk merchant's son is left wondering what there is left for an atheist to believe in

Target audience

adult

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