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The Captive Wife|Fiona Kidman1, The frozen zone and its explorers a comprehensive history of voyages travels adventures disasters and discoveries in the Arctic regions including recent German and Swedish expeditions Captain Nares English expedition Prof Nordenskiolds discovery of a northeast passage the sailing of the Jeannette etc |Alexander Baldwin A C Gage William Leonard Shields /10(). The Captive Wife — excerpt. ‘The pa at Te Namu was very small but also secure. It sat on a plateau, like the top of a very high table, on a rocky outcrop of the coast, almost surrounded by vertical cliffs. Around this, runs hollowed out land, some sixty yards wide, separating it from the mainland. Like a moat? After a battle with one of the Maori tribes, Betty and two of her children are kidnapped. Betty decides to take school teacher, Adeline Ma. The Captive Wife is set in the 's, and spans ten years ( ). It tells the story of Betty Guard, who at fourteen, marries a former convict turned whaler/5(34).

A clever beautifully written novel, The Captive Wife reminds us what an intelligent and skillful writer Kidman is Fiona Kidman: the words have come to mean terrific fiction underpinned by a sound female conscience. If The Captive Wife is anything to go by, Kidman's luminous literary standing is assured for many years to come.. Siobhan Harvey, New Zealand Herald. The Captive Wife by Fiona Kidman. Posted on Aug by emilytessduncan. Reply. This is the first time I have read a novel by Fiona Kidman and I have been sorely missing out. The Captive Wife is a very engaging and accessible account of the life of a whaler's wife in the early s. My understanding is that Kidman drew on history for. The Captive Wife — excerpt 'The pa at Te Namu was very small but also secure. It sat on a plateau, like the top of a very high table, on a rocky outcrop of the coast, almost surrounded by vertical cliffs.

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