{"product_id":"challenges-in-a-colonial-county-9781037010637","title":"Challenges in a Colonial County","description":"\u003cem\u003eChallenges in a Colonial County \u003c\/em\u003eis the sequel to the historical novel \u003cem\u003eLiaisons - Life in a Colonial County. \u003c\/em\u003eAs such, \u003cem\u003eChallenges \u003c\/em\u003ebegins in 1876 where \u003cem\u003eLiaisons\u003c\/em\u003e ended and contextualises authentic and fictitious developments, up until 1889 in Alexandra County on the Natal South Coast.Like Liaisons, Challenges is a critical fabulation in that it inserts credible experiences in the gaps and silences of the historical record. Those gaps and silences involve tragedy, drama, love, predatory capitalism, controversy involving indentured Indian labour, reformist attempts to moderate social conventions, racial prejudice, obduracy of the colonial government towards infrastructure development and politics.\u003cbr\u003eTo avoid any misunderstanding, the interaction of the authentic characters with those around which the plot revolves is contrived. The following characters in the plot are fictitious: the Prescotts, Harrisons, Harringtons, Pryces, Gordon and Lily Snell, Geoffrey and Stella Southam, Sarika Singh, Hugh Lawson, Michael, Cynthia, Ruth and Margaret Moodie, Peter Richardson, Emma Johnson, the Smiths; Lucy, Luke, Ginger; Stella Hassall, Janki, Mr Tatham, Dulcie Lister, Yvonne Clark, Mr Butler, Isabel, and Alice Greenacre.\u003cbr\u003eThe following places are fictitious: Michaelhouse, Sarika's stores, Dewsbury, Preston, Crofton, Glenmore, Taunton Manor, the Cutty Sark, and the Wiltshire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Duncan Du Bois\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duncan Du Bois\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.8lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781037010637","brand":"Duncan Du Bois","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45398014689417,"sku":"9781037010637","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_40ae4411-611d-4c97-a05d-6334d3fa45cb.jpg?v=1773726948","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/challenges-in-a-colonial-county-9781037010637","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}