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Burn My Letters: Tyranny to refuge

Burn My Letters: Tyranny to refuge - Paperback

by Ruth Bonetti
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ruth BonettiSeries:Burn My Letters #1Publish date:2016-07-18Pages:220
Language:EnglishPublisher:Words and Musica BonettiISBN-13:9780987544223ISBN-10:987544225UPC:9780987544223Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Comics & Graphic Novels, ReferenceBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, Historical Fiction, Genealogy & HeraldrySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SCZTFAV22S

At the end of the 19th century Finland is a dark and repressive place. Pacifist and political dissenter Karl Johan Back is conscripted to fight for the Russian despots that occupy his country. In 1899 he flees to an untamed land on the far side of the world. Finding refuge on ridges overlooking the Byron Bay lighthouse in northern New South Wales, he grows orchids and lush tropical fruit.

Intrigued by her 'black sheep' great-uncle, Ruth Bonetti pieces together the motives that propelled his flight. Finnish relatives share a treasure-trove of letters that provide answers to the many questions raised by Karl Johan's quest for freedom.

Why did Russian military police pursue him as far as Suez? Why did he publish under a pen-name? And, most intriguing of all, why did he implore his family to burn his letters?

Language:EnglishPublisher:Words and Musica BonettiISBN-13:9780987544223ISBN-10:987544225UPC:9780987544223Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Comics & Graphic Novels, ReferenceBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, Historical Fiction, Genealogy & HeraldrySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SCZTFAV22S
Bonetti, Ruth: - Ruth Bonetti grew up in the arid Queensland outback, intrigued by the strange-accented relatives she met on holidays near Byron Bay. She preferred Mozart to hillbilly music, books to horses. Ruth's gift for classical music became a passport to the world. Destiny led her to live in Sweden, directly across the Gulf of Bothnia from her grandfather's birthplace in Finland, where she researched this story. Ruth is author/editor of a dozen publications about music, education and performance, five through Words and Music and two with Oxford Uni. Press. She has presented at the Migration Institute of Finland who published her articles and conference paper.
Publisher: Words and Musica Bonetti

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