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One Man's Empire (Macmillan New Writing)
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Product Description
When the late Edward Butler’s Will informs his spoiled heir that his sole inheritance is a sprawling coffee plantation in distant Ceylon, young John Butler resentfully decides to travel there from his home in Manchester to sign the deeds – and sell the estate as soon as possible (in order to repay his vast gambling debts).
But his plans soon go awry. Taunted by brutal plantation-owner William Paget, John rashly determines to make a go of it. Soon after his arrival in sweltering Ceylon, a storm ravages the estate and destroys what remains of his already blighted coffee-crop. John is about to give up for good and go home when he discovers among the ruined trees a sturdy crop of tea-bushes.
Soon, Butler’s tea plantation is thriving, he has fallen in love and he is starting to feel at home in his new life. But John has made an enemy of William Paget, and the older man will stop at nothing to see his rival’s business founder. When the bank from which John has borrowed money collapses, he is forced to risk everything he owns and loves on one final, epic gamble.
One Man's Empire is a bracing piece of storytelling, a suspenseful and action-packed adventure and a gripping tale of one man's coming-of-age during the heyday of the British Empire.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #997668 in Books
- Published on: 2008-03-07
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 304 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Geoffrey Bird is married with two children and lives in Cheshire.
Customer Reviews
The first of many?
Let's hope that Geoffrey Bird has much more to give if this book is anything to go by. I enjoyed this novel from the first to the last page and the news that there is a sequel on the way is fabulous. This is the story of a man's rise from the gambling dens of Manchester, England to become a pioneer of the British Empire with lots of challenges along his journey. Bird has that rare skill of combining a story full of adventure with easy to read but well written narrative which makes the book hard to put down. I can't wait for the sequel
