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BookmarkYOUR ULTIMATE “KIDS IN JEOPARDY” HISTORICAL PACKAGE
FROM CONTROVERSIAL AUTHOR IAN QUARTERMAINE
SPECIAL E-BOOK ONLY DOUBLE BILL BOOK BARGAIN
‘WHITE SLAVERY’ (a powerfully written account of what was a deeply cruel and unjust period in history) & ‘SIAM STREETFIGHTER’ (an original and powerful story),
‘WHITE SLAVERY’ – FOR KING & COUNTRY : “Literate yet reader-friendly, with each chapter lasting as long as the action in each location, this cross between screenplay and traditional novel format is extremely effective in allowing the reader to view the action rather than just read it,
White Slavery – For King & Country is a powerfully written account of what was a deeply cruel and unjust period in history,
The cruelty inflicted upon the ordinary seaman, which was particularly hard on pressed men new to naval service, is graphically described in this book,
Not just the physical, but the mental torture as well,
Chapter 29 is a particularly impressive piece of writing, where an ill-educated seaman is intellectually laid waste by the ship’s cruel captain in what passes for a trial,
But there is more to White Slavery – For King & Country : it is a psychological thriller-cum-mystery with a ‘whodunnit’ thread woven into the fabric of the narrative,
Historically accurate, For King & Country details how Great Britain really gained its empire,
Probably not what descendants of British naval heroes would wish us to know, so the author of this book may well be on someone’s blacklist again,
But it’s a riveting, fast moving, and at times ironically funny read,
Something of an eye opener, too,
Reality books are certainly more interesting and informative than the formula stuff the big publishing houses generally release,
” Khanet, The Nation, Bangkok
‘SIAM STREETFIGHTER’ : “A tale of one man’s journey from the depths of despair in an American penitentiary at the start of the twentieth century, to life as a bare-knuckle streetfighter on the docks of Old Siam,
An odyssey of one man’s retreat from his past and the moral decisions that face us all, and which determine our destiny in this life and any future incarnations; the love of a young boy who comes to regards him as his surrogate father; the culturally forbidden but gently growing love with a Siamese girl; plus brutal fights and the inscrutable and sometimes harsh aspects of life in old Siam, create an original and powerful story,
Drawing on the works of Dickens (Charles) and Conrad (Joseph) to some degree, ‘Siam Streetfighter’ contains scenes of considerable brutality, a reality in correctional facilities in times past, and on the back streets of most big cities,
Do not purchase if you are of a sensitive disposition or emanate from a sheltered personal background,
Lang Reid,
Pattaya Mail,
