Physical description
Hard cover book, Martin Paz.
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. W1.
Date: 1876
Light green hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen.
Publication type
fiction
Inscriptions & markings
The label on the spine with typed text PAT 843 VER
Front loose end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Library
Front loose end paper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service
Summary
Martin Paz was published with “The Survivors of the Chancellor” novel, "Martin Paz" is a novella written in 1851 and set in Lima, Peru. The story follows a forbidden romance between Sarah, daughter of a Jewish businessman, and Martin Paz, a young Indian chief. When Sarah is promised to another man, their love ignites a dangerous chain of events involving knife fights, secret identities, and a violent Indian rebellion. As family secrets emerge and loyalties clash, the lovers must navigate the treacherous currents of Antisemitism, aristocracy, and cultural conflict in colonial Peru.
This story is one of Verne’s early works written in 1851 and was first published in French in 1876 as part of the Voyages Extraordinaire series of works.
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