On Far Malayan Shores

Name: On Far Malayan Shores
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Tara Haigh
ISBN: 9781799749431

Author: Tara Haigh, Jozef van der Voort

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Unabridged: 11 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 12/15/2019

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Sagas, Women

Synopsis

Hamburg, 1898. As Ella nurses her beloved adoptive father on his deathbed, he uses the last of his strength to scribble down a name: ‘Richard F’. Convinced this man must hold the key to her unknown origins, Ella hunts for more clues, uncovering years of unexplained monthly payments from the British colony of Malaya. With no other leads and nothing left in Hamburg, she sets sail for the Far East in search of the truth.The trail leads her to a rubber plantation owned by the Foster family—could they have something to do with the mysterious Mr F? But before she can find proof of her heritage, Ella is caught up in tensions between colonial forces and the Malayan resistance—in more ways than one. With a high-ranking official vying for her attention, how can she admit to anyone, let alone herself, that she’s fallen for a local rebel?As her head and heart struggle with the secrets that lie in her past and her present, Ella must ask herself what price she is willing to pay for the truth—and for freedom.

About Tara Haigh

Tara Haigh has many years of experience writing hit television shows, as well as women’s fiction with plenty of heart and humour under the name Tessa Hennig. All of her books have been bestsellers, and many have already been adapted for film and TV too. Her carefully researched historical novels tell thrilling love stories in exotic locales and address aspects of world history that are comparatively little known or only rarely depicted in literature. For full information about Tessa’s work, visit: www.tessa-hennig.de; for news, discussions, reader events and competitions, or to get in touch, follow Tessa on Twitter—@tessa_hennig—or on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Hennig.Tessa.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karren

Ella Kaltenbach works as a nurse at a Hamburg hospital in 1898 and she has a keen interest in homeopathic medicine. When her adopted father suddenly dies, Ella want’s to learn about her birth family and she’s shocked to discover her father returned with her as a baby from one of his sea voyages. Ell......more

Goodreads review by Pam

On Far Malayan Shores is by Tara Haigh This book takes place in Malacca in 1877. At this time, Malacca was part of the British stronghold. The island was owned by oil plantations and the British who oversaw their oil making activities. The story begins with a sailor writing in aa diary in preparatio......more

Goodreads review by Anna

It's perhaps fitting that I read most of this on my flight home from London to Penang--it certainly increased my longing for home! When Ella Kaltenbach's father dies, he reveals a long-kept secret--her adoption is not as straightforward as it appears, neither is the annual stipend he receives an inhe......more

Goodreads review by Flora

It's fantastic that the setting of this book is good old Malaya! I have not read one with that for a very long time. But why put Johore (a town?) in Malacca? Penang is in Farther India? I got very distracted by all these geographical placements. I also found myself strangely unable to connect with an......more