![]() ![]() “.from now on there are no differences between us, we are jahaz-bhai and jahaz-bahen to each other all of us children of the ship.” The Opium Warsīritish traders wanted to trade with China and used the opium they got from the east India Company in exchange for tea. The journey across the ocean makes the people on board react and create a unique sense of community: The ship is Ibis,a black birder which means that it was a slavery ship but now carries something else rather more profitable than slaves – opium and other drugs. ![]() ![]() SEtting off from the Hoogly River in Calcutta the ship is bound for Mauritius in the 1830s The Indian Ocean From the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the rolling high seas, and the exotic backstreets of China, the colonial history of China comes to life.Īn unusual bunch of characters who all find themselves aboard a ship, in the middle of the Indian Ocean is the setting for a a very interesting adventure. ![]()
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And when they had covered Freddy they took their little pails and shovels and went farther down the beach to play and forgot all about Freddy. They were playing that Freddy was in bathing and that he wanted to be covered with the clean white sand, just as the other bathers did. “Their names are Virginia and Doris, and one time when we were at the sea-shore they were playing in the sand and they covered up Freddy, Doris’ boy-doll in the sand. “I have two little girls,” he told Marcella. ![]() He took Marcella upon his knee and ran his fingers through her curls as he talked to Daddy and Mamma, so, of course, Raggedy Ann liked him from the beginning. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Let’s talk about the magic of the fair folk. If you write a story that wraps up in one book, please don’t leave so many loose threads. And that’s not a good thing for a standalone. What is this Good Law? Why and when and by whom was it created? What is in it? Why is the town of Whimsy special? What is the World Beyond? I have so many questions, even after finishing this book. This was yet another book I was excited about, but it fell flat. I should really stop having high expectations for books, I fear. Can Isobel use her skill to fight the fairy courts? But the biggest threat of all is their growing love for one another. ![]() On their way to Rook’s court, they meet ghostly hounds and other hideous monsters. One day, Isobel receives a royal patron – Rook, the autumn prince -, but when she paints mortal sorrow in his eyes, a furious Rook spirits her away to the autumnlands to stand trial. ![]() These immortal creatures can’t create anything themselves, so they turn to humans to bake bread, weave cloth, and so on. Meet Isobel, a talented portrait artist whose clients are the fair folk. An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson promises the story of a human painter standing up against the ancient power of the faerie courts and falling in love with a faerie prince. After the futuristic Wildcard, it’s time to dive back into a fantasy setting filled with the Fair Folk. ![]() |