The Sea Butterfly: the Clipper Captain and the Bastard Chieftain - Expedito Ibarbia - Books - AuthorHouse - 9781414075266 - March 12, 2004
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The Sea Butterfly: the Clipper Captain and the Bastard Chieftain

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The Sea Butterfly: the Clipper Captain and the Bastard Chieftain

Thebook is a semi-historical adventure and romance that catches the breathtakingbeauty, panorama, and lush scenery of the tropics and the ways of the people,their hardships, and fight for independence. In vivid color and rawness, thebook captures the time of fading clipper ships in the era of steamships andcomes alive amid the upheavals of the Spanish-American war, a country'srevolutionary movement, and the exploits of the crews of the runaway clippership. Set in the equally fading era of chieftains and warriors, and adventuroussailors, the book captures vividly the countryside drama and daring exploits inthe high seas of pirates, storms, and sea fights as American power delicatelyintrudes during the final stages of Spanish downfall and the chieftain'sdaughter triumphs over atrocities and abuses of Spanish clergy and power. Thebook highlights the revolutionary movement in the Philippines, its rituals, and ceremonial contraptions. Romanceand adventure enlivens the panorama of historic upheavals as the book detailsthe journey of the chieftain's daughter and her bastard young chieftain sonthrough the atrocities, abuses, and stigma inflicted by the occupying Spanishauthorities and clergy on the people and how in the end she recaptures love.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 12, 2004
ISBN13 9781414075266
Publishers AuthorHouse
Pages 216
Dimensions 125 × 12 × 200 mm   ·   240 g
Language English  

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