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Isabel Allende

Island Beneath the Sea

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'A magical storyteller' Daily Mail

It is 18th century Saint Domingue, and Tété never knew her parents. All she knows is that her mother was a slave, and that her white father's identity will forever remain a mystery.
As a child she is sold to the plantation-owner Toulouse Valmorain, and finds herself subjected to his unwanted attentions. Still, in spite of everything, she finds community and comfort among the other slaves. And as a revolution gains momentum and opportunities surface, she can't help but wonder: will freedom, one day, be in reach?
Powerful and moving, Island Beneath the Sea is a story of courage and hope, even in the cruellest of circumstances.
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539 printed pages
Publication year
2026
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  • Beccahas quoted4 years ago
    The affranchis lacked political power, but they managed a lot of money, and poor whites hated them for that.
  • Beccahas quoted5 years ago
    "They are an insignificant number, Doctor. And I have just read in a scientific journal that Negroes belong to a specimen different from ours."
  • Beccahas quoted5 years ago
    "It is obvious that you have had very few dealings with them. Blacks have the constitution for heavy work, they feel less pain and fatigue, their brain power is limited, they do not know how to make choices, they are violent, disorderly, lazy, and they lack ambition and noble sentiments."

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