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1890: In the heart of the rainforest, Katharine will fight for her life and for love
Along the Endless River
What you need to know before your trail
When Katharine and her husband, Anselmo, set sail to Brazil to reap the spoils of the rubber boom, it seems as if they cannot fail. But when Anselmo dies suddenly on the treacherous waters of the Amazon, a pregnant Katharine must decide whether or not to continue her husband’s dream, alone.
Meanwhile her sister Mabel is struggling to support their family back in London. Navigating new worlds in the upper class, she discovers that life as a housemaid has its own dangers, and Mabel soon learns that the whims of men can prove deadly…
Mabel and Katharine must both fight for their futures if they are ever to be reunited. Can they find love and happiness along the way?
Travel Guide
Travel to Amazon and the rubber plantations
A very atmospheric visit to the rubber plantations and settlements along the Amazon river. The scenery and setting are wonderfully evoked and described in luscious detail:
“But to get to these Elysian Fields, they would have to journey deep into the dark heart of the forest, braving whirlpools and waterfalls, snakes and savages, poisoned arrows and piranhas”
The settlements of Lagona and Norwood are rubber plantations in the novel and so are fictional.
A woman moves here with her husband but when he dies, she is forced to carry on, manage the plantation, meet and mix with the locals and learn to live as single woman in a man’s world but also a foreign one.
This is the story of pioneers, of slaves and the way slavery worked at the time, of plantations and the work involved. A fasscinating insight into the world of rubber production.
And the Amazon river, the settlements which is an alien landscape for the main characters.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Along the Endless River
Destination: Amazon, Manaus Author/guide: Rose Alexander Departure Time: 1860s
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