The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance

The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance

The Hour and the Man, An Historical RomanceThe nights of August are in Saint Domingo the hottest...
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Author: Martineau, Harriet,1802-1876
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The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance

The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance

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The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance

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Author: Martineau, Harriet,1802-1876
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance

The nights of August are in Saint Domingo the hottest of the year. The winds then cease to befriend the panting inhabitants; and while the thermometer stands at 90 degrees, there is no steady breeze, as during the preceding months of summer. Light puffs of wind now and then fan the brow of the negro, and relieve for an instant the oppression of the European settler; but they are gone as soon as come, and seem only to have left the heat more intolerable than before. Of these sultry evenings, one of the sultriest was the 22nd of August, 1791. This was one of five days appointed for rejoicings in the town of Cap Franaisfestivities among the French and Creole inhabitants, who were as ready to rejoice on appointed occasions as the dulness of colonial life renders natural, but who would have been yet more lively than they were if the date of their festival had been in January or May. There was no choice as to the date, however. They were governed in regard to their celebrations by what happened at Paris; and never had the proceedings of the mother-country been so important to the colony as now. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 24120
Author: Martineau, Harriet
Release Date: Jan 31, 2008
Format: eBook
Language: English

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